Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being manageable; manageableness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The characteristic of being manageable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun capable of being managed or controlled

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Examples

  • Ernst Mach's notion of the economy of thought is related to the demand of manageability, which is important especially in the engineering sciences and other applied sciences: for example, a mathematical equation can be made “simpler” by suitable approximations, so that it can be solved by a computer.

    Scientific Progress Niiniluoto, Ilkka 2007

  • Our top priority this year is "manageability," making your software transparent.

    How We Did It 2008

  • "We believe this kind of manageability will further accelerate the market adoption of virtualization and provide for more flexible and responsive data-center environments."

    Top Tech News 2009

  • I think cost is not just the only factor towards migrating to cloud & IBM is thinking on those terms of manageability, monitoring & cloud provisioning which most public cloud vendors lack.

    The GigaOM Interview: Kristof Kloeckner, CTO of IBM Cloud Computing 2009

  • Other things, like the iPhone UI, present a deeper level of lasting goodness, but there are still many examples out there, manageability of many Nokia devices being one, of lasting goodness under the hood that many will not see or notice on the showroom floor but which will return rewards in terms of a better ownership experience for years to come.

    What Will Mobile Phones Look Like in 2010? 2009

  • Schwan demands the same level of security and manageability from cloud providers as it maintains internally, and Schwan is pushing the envelope to be able to manage all of these environments holistically.

    The Cloud: Have It Your Way Pete Privateer 2010

  • Schwan demands the same level of security and manageability from cloud providers as it maintains internally, and Schwan is pushing the envelope to be able to manage all of these environments holistically.

    The Cloud: Have It Your Way Pete Privateer 2010

  • The Tevez hoo-ha cast Mancini right back into the early days of doubt about City's manageability and togetherness.

    Manchester City hit the big time but stage fright is still an issue | Paul Hayward 2011

  • ArubaOS 6.0, which powers the vendor's controllers, is part of a trend by wireless LAN vendors to add features intended to improve Wi-Fi signal quality, reduce interference, and strengthen manageability and security.

    Aruba strengthens Wi-Fi network software John Cox 2010

  • One of the things that Nokia has been pretty good about is manageability of their devices.

    What Will Mobile Phones Look Like in 2010? 2009

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