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Portable
Definitions
- 1 Able to be carried or easily moved.
- 2 Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
"a portable pension plan"
- 3 Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
"How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?"
- 4 Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
"Starting with release 1.7, a portable version allows all Host Attachment Kit commands to be run without installing the Host Attachment Kit."
- 5 Bearable, endurable. obsolete
"How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, / When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow."
- 1 of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull wordnet
- 2 easily or conveniently transported wordnet
- 1 A portable building used for temporary purposes; Clipping of portable toilet. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 2 a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried wordnet
- 3 A portable building used for temporary purposes; A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
- 4 Clipping of portable computer. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"A few portables, particularly the small laphelds, go one step further and come with software built into the computer."
- 5 A hand-held video gaming device.
Etymology
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
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