What does M stand for?

Maintainability

This definition appears very rarely

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Under the competitively awarded contract, ManTech will support testing for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, navigation, and sensor systems for reliability, availability and maintainability, electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility, and security.

United States: ManTech International Wins $286 Million Army Contract

The Company performs Reliability & Maintainability Analysis Safety Hazard Analysis, develops logistics support requirements, technical documentation/manuals and training documentation, as well as conducts the training required for these systems.

Business For Sale; 87 -- Engineering, Accounting & Surveying ...

Designs for maintainability had played an important role in the complex product deign process.

Product maintainability design method and support tool based on ...

It has "better reliability and maintainability than any fighter aircraft in history".

pounds 96m US jet fighter in desert crash; WARPLANE

It also includes sections on critical system characteristics such as reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM); condition-based maintenance plus (CBM+); network-centric logistics; and life-cycle sustainment metrics.

Identifying logistics requirements early improves warfighting ...

So what does this have to do with the 2005 DoD Guide for Achieving Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM)?

DoD Guide for Achieving Reliability, Availability, and ...

Toby Hutton, manager of carbon technology at Dunlop, said: "Our new antioxidants represent a significant advance in brake design and maintainability.

High hopes for new type of aircraft brakes; business report

Maintainability is defined as the ability of an item to be retained in or restored to a specified condition when maintenance is performed by personnel having specified skill levels, using prescribed procedures and resources, at each prescribed level of maintenance and repair.

Candid voices: sure it is effective, but is it suitable?