Meaning

3 senses

  1. The quality of being portable.

    (uncountable, usually)The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.

    Rufnummernmitnahme

  2. (uncountable, usually)The ability of an employee to move between different social security schemes without losing their contributions.

  3. (uncountable, usually)The ability of a telephone subscriber to keep their number when switching to a different network.

    rufnummernmitnahme

More definitions
  • the quality of being light enough to be carried

Translations

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By meaning 2
the ability of a program to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms:
the ability of a telephone subscriber to keep their number when switching to a different network:

Forms

plural: portabilities
Singularportability

uncountable

Word family

2 related words
Relatedportable
Derivednonportability

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
porridgeportB1portableC1portal

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