(2) A linguistic taboo is a social prohibition that forbids mentioning a word or subject. Commonly, various cultures might have taboos against mentioning bodily fluids, defecation, certain sexual activities, or certain religious terms. These terms often suffer linguistic pejoration and become curse-words..
noun. The definition of availability is whether someone or something can be accessed or used. An example of availability is when a classmate can meet to discuss a project on a certain date.
Operational availability is the ratio of the system uptime to total time. Mathematically, it is given by: where the operating cycle is the overall time period of operation being investigated and uptime is the total time the system was functioning during the operating cycle.