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availability
(I) The property of a system or a system resource being accessible
and usable upon demand by an authorized system entity, according
to performance specifications for the system; i.e., a system is
available if it provides services according to the system design
whenever users request them. (See: critical, denial of service,
reliability, survivability.)
(O) "The property of being accessible and usable upon demand by an
authorized entity." [I7498 Part 2]
