(computing) Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
1997, Daniel Appleman, Dan Appleman's Visual Basic 5.0 programmer's guide to the Win32 API[1], Ziff-Davis Press, →ISBN, page 1160:
This function cancels a waitable timer operation. The timer remains in its current state and will not restart until explicitly started […]
2005, Alex Martelli et al., Python Cookbook, Second Edition, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 381:
In a [certain] Win32 application, you need to process messages, but you also want to wait for kernel-level waitable objects, and coordinate several activities.
(of a period of time) Worth waiting, reasonable to wait.
2000 September 17, PHill, “Re: Abit KG7 worth the wait?”, in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd[2] (Usenet):
[…] ---2 months can change a lot--- bringing up '2 years' is ridiculous. 2 months is waitable.
Available or accessible within a period of time that is reasonable to wait.
1998 July 6, CapnHook, “HELP!!!!!!!!!!”, in alt.disney.disneyland[3] (Usenet):
[…] can someone tell me how busy tomorrowland has been is it waitable or does it like take 3 hrs like some were saying to get on RR […]