In computer systems and networking, availability is a general term that is used to describe the amount of time over a one-year period that the system resources is available in the wake of component failures in the system. See also High Availability (HA).
There are three dialectes for the people typically referred to as Sioux. Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota. There is more than one word for dog.
n. pl. Sioux (soÍo, soÍoz) 1. A member of a group of Native American peoples, comprising the Lakota, the Santee, the Yankton, and the Yanktonai, inhabiting the northern Great Plains from Minnesota to eastern Montana and from southern Saskatchewan to Nebraska. Present-day Sioux populations are located mainly in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and Nebraska. 2.