portability

por·ta·ble  (pôrt-bl, pr-)

adj.

1. Carried or moved with ease: a portable typewriter; a portable generator.

2. Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit.

3. Computer Science Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems.

4. Obsolete Bearable; endurable.

n.

Something, such as a light or small typewriter, that can be carried or moved with ease.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin portbilis, from Latin portre, to carry; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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porta·bili·ty, porta·ble·ness n.

porta·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

portability - the quality of being light enough to be carried movability, movableness - the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged

Translations

portability [ˌpɔːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N (esp Comput) → portabilidad f; [of software] → transferibilidad f

portability [ˌpɔː^rtəˈbɪlɪti] n → portabilité f

portability

n → Tragbarkeit f