Context-Of-Use

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comprises a combination of users, goals, tasks, resources, and the technical, physical and social, cultural and organizational environments in which a system, product or service is used[; ...] can include the interactions and interdependencies between the object of interest and other systems, products or services.

MWEISO 9241-11:2018(en) Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Part 11: Usability: Definitions and concepts

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

Context of Use

The Context of Use is the actual conditions under which a given artifact/software product is used, or will be used in a normal day to day working situation.

Wordset Dictionary

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Artifact72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: context
alternatephrasing: Context of Use
plural: Context-Of-Uses
possessive: Context-Of-Use's
pluralpossessive: Context-Of-Uses'

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