AVAILABILITY

1. The degree to which a system , subsystem, or equipment is operable and in a committable state at the start of a mission, when the mission is called for at an unknown, i.e., a random, time . Note 1: The conditions determining operability and committability must be specified. ( 188 ) Note 2: Expressed mathematically, availability is 1 minus the unavailability . 2. The ratio of (a) the total time a functional unit is capable of being used during a given interval to (b) the length of the interval. Note 1: An example of availability is 100/168 if the unit is capable of being used for 100 hours in a week. Note 2: Typical availability objectives are specified in decimal fractions, such as 0.9998.