# able (0-able.us)

Able means having the skill, strength, or means to do something. People say "I am able to help" or "Is he able to walk?" to talk about capability or possibility.

## What a model may hear
- accessibility attribute (HTML and web standards): look for an aria-disabled or aria-hidden state, or expect an able flag in a component library
- suffix forming adjectives (linguistics and NLP tokenization): split the word into a root plus -able, or tag it as a derivational morpheme
- batch job or queue state (distributed systems): check if a worker node is able to accept tasks, or filter on an able status in a scheduler
- capability bit or permission flag (operating systems and security): read an able field as a boolean granting or denying an action

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Make the form able to everyone"
  Means: make the form accessible to all people
  May be taken as: set an able=true flag that only exposes it to users with a certain permission level
  Say instead: "Make the form usable by everyone, including people using screen readers"
- Says: "Is the server able to handle this?"
  Means: can the server cope with the load?
  May be taken as: check an able health bit that may be stale while actual capacity is exhausted
  Say instead: "Can the server currently handle this load, and what is its current CPU and memory?"
- Says: "Keep the button able"
  Means: keep the button working and clickable
  May be taken as: remove disabled styling but leave the button non-functional, or set an able prop without wiring the click handler
  Say instead: "Keep the button enabled and make sure the click action still works"
- Says: "The worker is not able today"
  Means: the person cannot work today
  May be taken as: mark a worker node as not able in a pool, causing job failures or rerouting
  Say instead: "The employee cannot work today; do not change any system worker status"

## Tips
- Say "can" or "working" instead of "able" when talking about machines and systems.
- When you mean accessibility, say "accessible" or "screen-reader friendly" rather than "able."
- If you mean a person has permission, say "authorized" or "allowed" to avoid flag confusion.
- Check if the model splits your word; "downloadable" may become "download" plus "-able" unexpectedly.
- In code contexts, spell out the full prop name like "isClickable" rather than "able" alone.

## Often confused with
- enable: an action to turn something on, not a state of being
- capable: broader competence, less often a technical flag name
- available: presence or readiness, not skill or permission
- active: currently running, not necessarily permitted or skilled
- eligible: meets conditions for selection, not general ability
- viable: practical or workable, not about permission or access