ility

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the common suffix of various desirable qualities, e.g. testability, reliability.

Noun[edit]

ility (plural ilities)

  1. (software engineering) An abstract quality that good software should exhibit.
    One reason to use software libraries is that the authors have had time to add ilities in addition to the basic functionality.

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