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portable

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portable
Movable; transferable. An electronic device that is easily transported. It may refer to a pocket-sized handheld device or to a laptop that weighs several pounds. See also data portability and software portability.
portable
(of software, files, etc.) able to be transferred from one type of computer system to another
portable [′pȯrd·ə·bəl]
(engineering)
Capable of being easily and conveniently transported.
portable - portability
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