capacity
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The maximum amount that something can contain.
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FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
The maximum throughput a configuration item or IT service can deliver while still meeting agreed service level targets. For some types of configurable items, capacity may be the size or volume, for example, a disk drive.
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the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
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a specified function
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the maximum production possible
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tolerance for alcohol
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capability to perform or produce
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the power to learn or retain knowledge
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an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
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(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
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the amount that can be contained
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- capabilitycapacitancecontentelectrical capacitymental ability
- alternatephrasing
- Capacity
- plural
- capacities
- possessive
- capacity's
- pluralpossessive
- capacities'