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📖What it means
A thing the system can do, named so that a migration can be tracked by what still works rather than by how many files moved. Migration counts capabilities, not lines.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Tool
A capability is what the system can do; a tool is one concrete way of doing it.
Not: Requirement
A capability is something that exists; a requirement is something that must.
🗣️Also called
featurefunctionwhat it can do