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.
There are 13 Sioux political subdivisions, combined into seven major tribes (the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, Teton, Wahpekute, Wahpeton, Yankton, and Yanktonai Sioux tribes.) However, today, these divisions have more cultural significance than political.