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Portability — is the general characteristic of being readily transportable from one location to another, and may specifically refer to: *Portability (social security), the portability of social security benefits *Software portability, the portability of a… … Wikipedia
Portability — Port a*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
portability — The character of benefits that may be carried from a previous job to the next. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * portable por‧ta‧ble 1 [ˈpɔːtəbl ǁ ˈpɔːr ] adjective 1. able to be carried or moved easily: • a portable gas stove 2. COMPUTING… … Financial and business terms
Portability — An employee’s ability or right to retain certain benefits when switching employers. Benefits such as certain pension plans and health insurance have portability. Most 401(k) plans have portability of benefits, as well as health savings… … Investment dictionary
portability — kilnojamumas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. portability vok. Tragbarkeit, f rus. портативность, f pranc. portabilité, f … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
portability — perkeliamumas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Programos savybė būti perkeliamai į kitą aplinką, pavyzdžiui, į kitą operacinę sistemą. Gali būti perkeliamumo variacijų. Idealiu atveju perkeliama programa be pakeitimų. Kitais atvejais… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
portability — portable ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be easily carried or moved. 2) (of a loan or pension) capable of being transferred or adapted. 3) Computing (of software) able to be ported. ► NOUN ▪ a portable object. DERIVATIVES portability noun … English terms dictionary
Portability testing — Portability testingrefers to the process of testing the ease with which a software component can be moved from one environment to another.e.g(Moving from 2000 to xp). This is typically measured in terms of the maximum amount of effort permitted.… … Wikipedia
Portability (social security) — The Portability of social security benefits is the ability to preserve, maintain, and transfer acquired social security rights and social security rights in the process of being acquired from one private, occupational, or public social security… … Wikipedia
portability — noun (plural ties) Date: 1667 1. the quality or state of being portable 2. the transferability of a worker s benefits from one pension fund to another when the worker changes jobs … New Collegiate Dictionary
portability — /pawr teuh bil i tee, pohr /, n., pl. portabilities for 2. 1. the state or quality of being portable. 2. a plan or system under which employees may accumulate pension rights under any employer who is a participant in the plan negotiated with… … Universalium
