Meaning of dialability | Babel Free

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The potential to be dialed: the state or condition of being dialable.

uncommon, uncountable

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“[…] simple scheme can provide⟳ direct-reading dialability in the programming of virtually any device controllable by discrete values of resistance, resistance ratio or voltage. Any application that conventionally uses a potentiometer as a control⟳ element is amenable to such digital dialability — either as numerical settings referenced to a calibration table (for nonlinear situations), or as direct-reading values of a particular parameter.”

“Gen John R. Galvin argues, "Politics and culture impose⟳ a variety of constraints on strategy. These include⟳ limitations on the resources committed to defense as well as strictures on the use⟳ of military force⟳."⁴ Because of the immediacy and "dialability" of airpower, these limits can easily come⟳ in the form⟳ of tactical direction. In Operation El Dorado Canyon, for instance, Air Force⟳ planners were directed not to use⟳ ordnance that would have⟳ resulted in more actual target⟳ damage⟳ in order⟳ to permit⟳ the overhead imagery crucial to the political success of the effort.⁵”

“Additionally, it is not clear that governments would be willing to spend⟳ significant sums of money programming ADPs [autonomous decision-making processes] to engage⟳ only on the highest level of certainty that a target⟳ is proper under LOAC [law of armed conflict].⁷⁶ Engagement on the basis of reasonable certainty is permissible under LOAC,⁷⁷ and in certain situations, commanders might believe⟳ that it was necessary to increase⟳ the level of risk⟳ within legal bounds in order⟳ to be able to prosecute cyber actions effectively. This "dialability,⁷⁸ or dynamic scaling of the acceptable risk⟳ level in response to situational requirements, although quite legal, might work⟳ to undermine Professor Arkin's paradigm of ADP decision making, and it would likely complicate the development of action thresholds within the programming. As Arkin has noted, however, if a commander makes the affirmative decision to accept⟳ higher risk⟳ of LOAC violation, the decision to change⟳ the ADP's setting would need⟳ to have⟳ been anticipated by the design⟳ team so that this acceptance of responsibility by this particular commander could be properly recorded.⁷⁹”

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