"portability" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: portabilities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} portability (usually uncountable, plural portabilities)
  1. The quality of being portable.
    (software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Software, Systems theory Translations (the ability of a program to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms): portabilitat [feminine] (Catalan), portabilité [feminine] (French), portabilidade (Galician), Rufnummernmitnahme [feminine] (German), μεταφερσιμότητα (metafersimótita) [feminine] (Greek), portabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), portabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), portabilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-portability-en-noun--DBWjwFz Disambiguation of Systems theory: 58 24 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 27 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 24 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software Disambiguation of 'the ability of a program to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms': 40 30 30
  2. The quality of being portable.
    The ability of an employee to move between different social security schemes without losing their contributions.
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-portability-en-noun-eDISQNlc
  3. The quality of being portable.
    The ability of a telephone subscriber to keep their number when switching to a different network.
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-portability-en-noun-H~Hu0~J9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (quality of being portable): portabilitat [feminine] (Catalan), přenosnost [feminine] (Czech), siirrettävyys (Finnish), φορητότητα (foritótita) [feminine] (Greek), portabilità [feminine] (Italian), portabilitate [feminine] (Romanian)
Disambiguation of 'quality of being portable': 34 33 33

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for portability meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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