operatività

operational capacity

noun oh-peh-rah-tee-vee-TAH Rare

Origin: From operativo (operative) + -ità, from Latin operativus

Also means

effectiveness

Usage Note

Operatività is invariable in the plural (accented -à). It is a formal and technical noun used in business, military, and IT contexts to indicate the state of being fully functional or the degree to which a system is operational: garantire la piena operatività (to guarantee full operational capacity). In computing it overlaps with 'uptime' or 'availability.'

Examples

"Dobbiamo garantire la piena operatività del sistema."

Natural Translation

We must guarantee the full operational capacity of the system.

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