Look up: portability

1. portability
   (operating system, programming) The ease with which a piece of software (or file format) can be 'ported', i.e. made to run on a new platform and/or compile with a new compiler. The most important factor is the language in which the software is written and the most portable language is almost certain...
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2. Portability
   Requirement that health plans guarantee continuous coverage without waiting periods for persons moving between plans. The ability for an individual to transfer from one health insurer to another health insurer with regard to pre-existing conditions or other risk factors. This is a new protection for...
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3. portability
   The ease with which the system/software can be transferred from one hardware or software environment to another.
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4. portability
   [n] - the quality of being light enough to be carried
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5. portability
   See number portability and MNP.
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6. Portability
   A product feature that governs whether you can take the mortgage with you if you move during the introductory offer period and beyond. This saves you having to pay off the loan and take out a new one.
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7. PORTABILITY
   The ability to transfer numbers between suppliers.
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8. Portability
   The ability of a pension plan holder to transfer pension benefits when changing... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/portability.htm?id=1143&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of portability'>more</a>
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9. portability
   the property of a computer program that permits it to be executed on two or more dissimilar computers with similar results Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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10. Portability
    A characteristic associated with software, data (and sometimes even users), which implies that they can be moved from one platform to another with little or no modification.
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11. Portability
    Port`a·bil'i·ty noun The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
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12. portability
    noun the quality of being light enough to be carried
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13. Portability
    • (n.) The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
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14. portability
    portability Easily carried or moved.
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15. Portability
    The character of benefits that may be carried from a previous job to the next.
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16. portability
    The ease with which the software product can be transferred from one hardware or software environment to another. [ISO 9126]...
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17. Portability
    A term used to describe a mortgage that can be transferred between properties when you move house.
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18. Portability
    A term used to describe a mortgage that can be transferred between properties when you move house.
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19. Portability
    (social security) The `portability of social security benefits` is the ability of workers 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 scheme to another...
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