Availability The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the total time a functional unit or service is capable of being used or is available to be used during a given interval to the length of the interval; e.g., if the unit is not capable of being used for 20 minutes in a week, the availability is 99.8 percent (10080 – 20 minutes/10080 minutes X 100).
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