utility
Noun
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is a type of: service - a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulationsubtypes:
- phone company, phone service, telco, telephone company, telephone service - a public utility that provides telephone service
- electric company, light company, power company, power service - a public utility that provides electricity
- water company, waterworks - a public utility that provides water
- gas company, gas service - a public utility that provides gas
- bus company, bus service - a public utility providing local transportation
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tells us about:is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesubtypes:
- detergence, detergency - detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
- function, purpose, role, use - what something is used for
- helpfulness - the property of providing useful assistance
- use - a particular service
- serviceability, serviceableness, usability, usableness, useableness - the quality of being able to provide good service
- instrumentality - the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
- practicality - concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
- practicability, practicableness - the quality of being usable
same as: usefulness -
is a type of: service - work done by one person or group that benefits another
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referred to in: economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their managementis a type of: metric, system of measurement - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristicsubtypes: marginal utility - (economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service
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referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresis a type of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and executesubtypes:
- device driver, driver - (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- diagnostic program - a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program
- input program - a utility program that organizes the input to a computer
- output program - a utility program that organizes the output of a computer
- sort program, sorting program - a utility program that sorts data items
- trace program - a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program
has: service routine, utility routine - a routine that can be used as neededsame as: service program, utility program -
is a type of: facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industrysubtypes:
- electrical plant, electrical system - utility that provides electricity
- heat, heating, heating plant, heating system - utility to warm a building
- plumbing, plumbing system - utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
Adjective
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similar to: inferior - of low or inferior qualitysame as: utility-grade
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similar to: secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediatesame as: substitute
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