Availability

Availability : A percentage measure of the reliability of a system indicating the percentage of time the system or data is accessible or usable, compared to the amount of time the system or data should be accessible or usable. 

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml ,  12-Jan-2009 14:35

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Availability - Relates to the accuracy and completeness of information as well as to its validity in accordance with business values and expectations. (COBIT definition) The ability of a product to be in a state to perform its designated function under stated conditions at a given time. (ASQ definition)

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 18 November 2009 08:50:25, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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Availability - User access to applications and/or data stores that reside and execute on computing systems accessing information that resides in files and databases supported by an organization's various operating environments.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 30 May 2010 10:49:56, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/a.html

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Availability - The ability of a product to be in a state to perform its designated function under stated conditions at a given time.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: American Society for Quality, 06 September 2010 12:30:57, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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Availability - Criteria used to determine whether or not an individual, group, or application may access reference data or a process.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 02 November 2010 10:07:31, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/

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Availability - Availability is the state of able readiness, of a product, process, practicing person or organization to perform satisfactorily its specified purpose, under pre-specified environmental conditions, when called upon.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: iSixSigma, 31 December 2010 09:40:29, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary

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availability - [data transfer] The degree of ease with which a dataset or other object may be found or obtained.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 26 January 2012 08:17:28, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation