Usability vs. Utility

Usabilitynoun

The state or condition of being usable.

Usabilitynoun

The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training.

Usability

Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a software can be used by specified consumers to achieve quantified objectives with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a quantified context of use.The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, vehicle, or anything a human interacts with.

Utilitynoun

The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

Utilitynoun

Something that is useful.

Utilitynoun

(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.

Utilitynoun

(philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.

Utilitynoun

A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.

Utilitynoun

(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.

Utilitynoun

(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Utilityadjective

Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.

Utilityadjective

Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer).

Utilitynoun

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.

Utilitynoun

Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.

Utilitynoun

Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.

Utilitynoun

a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

Utilitynoun

the quality of being of practical use

Utilitynoun

the service provided by a utility company;

Utilitynoun

(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

Utilitynoun

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;

Utilitynoun

a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal;

Utilityadjective

used of beef; usable but inferior

Utilityadjective

capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;

Utility

Within economics, the concept of utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time.