portability

English

Noun

portability (usually uncountable, plural portabilities)

1. The quality of being portable.
2. (computing) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.
3. The ability of an employee to move between different social security schemes without losing their contributions.
4. The ability of a telephone subscriber to keep his/her number when switching to a different network.

Translations

[1] quality of being portable

• Catalan: portabilitat (ca) f
• Czech: přenosnost f
• Finnish: siirrettävyys

• Italian: portabilità (it) f
• Romanian: portabilitate (ro) f

[2] the ability of a program to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms

• Catalan: portabilitat (ca) f

• Romanian: portabilitate (ro) f