portability

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

movement motion flexibility mobility convenience agility lightness motility abbreviate fluidity handiness movability convertibility conveyable maneuverability

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Hypernyms

movableness movability

Examples

Portability is for people who cannot write new programs. Linus Torvalds

Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days. Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Portability should be the default. Larry Wall

The portability of the book, like that of the easel-painting, added much to the new culture of individualism. Marshall McLuhan

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new. Dennis Ritchie

We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics. David Milne

Close letter words and terms

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