Utility (disambiguation)

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Utility is a measure of the happiness or satisfaction gained from a good or service in economics and game theory.

Utility or Utilities may also refer to:

• Public utility, an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service, or the services themselves
• Utility (patent), one of the requirements for patentability in Canadian and United States patent laws
• Utility (car), a term used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to a pickup truck or coupe utility vehicle ("ute")
• Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform, often abbreviated to "Utilities", the battledress uniform of the United States Marine Corps

In computer science

• Utility, a software program designed for a specific task: see List of utility software
• Software tool

In economics

• Cardinal utility
• Marginal utility

As a proper name

• Utilities (film), a 1981 movie starring Robert Hays

See also

• Utility player, a baseball player who plays more than one position regularly, usually in a reserve capacity
• Utility model, an intellectual property right to protect inventions
• Utility frequency, frequency of the alternating current (AC) in an electric power grid.
• Utility station, a radio transmitter that does not intentionally broadcast to the general public.
• Utility furniture, produced in the United Kingdom during and just after the Second World War using minimal resources
• Utility clothing (as above)
• Utility Radio, a basic radio receiver manufactured in Great Britain during the Second World War
• Utility room, a room in a house, which is the descendant of the scullery
• Utility aircraft, a general-purpose light aircraft or helicopter
• Utility vault, an underground room providing access to subterranean public utility equipment
• Utility vehicle, a vehicle that is designed for a specific task