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		Definition of portability in English: portabilitynoun pɔːtəˈbɪlɪtiˌpɔrdəˈbɪlədi mass noun1The ability to be easily carried or moved.  the portability of a laptop  portability and convenience are critical  Example sentencesExamples -  Something that may change is the absence of portability of the TV.
 -  It's common for such items as mowers and quads to be stolen because of their portability.
 -  Portability became the new buzzword with one of his folding craft carrying an incredible 150 soldiers.
 -  They have equated convenience with "improved portability" with a tube-like package that enables the yogurt to be eaten without a spoon.
 -  Portability goes hand in hand with the dairy industry's drive to compete with other beverages.
 -  The weapon's smaller models are still popular with security guards who favour its portability.
 -  Although digital channels can be heard via a digital TV or over the Internet, portability of the radio makes it an attractive option.
 -  As small as a CD player, its portability offers patients mobility while it actively mixes blood as it pumps through the device.
 -  The company is wise to focus on improving the portability of its super-premium ice creams.
 -  Graphics on the package emphasize product portability, depicting on-the-go activities.
 
 - 1.1Computing  The ability of software to be transferred from one machine or system to another.
 portability to multiple operating systems  Example sentencesExamples -  It saves you the trouble of software installation and also provides portability, since you can use your IP phone from other locations providing the same service.
 -  There is hope this technology will boost the digital music market by enabling portability and greater integration of hardware and content.
 -  This is more important than anything else except portability across different hardware architectures.
 -  Close attention is being paid to robustness, portability, scalability, security, and integrity in the development of our software.
 -  Work continues to revise the graphics pipeline for greater performance, new functions, and platform portability.
 -  Current software technology entails writing application programmes in a high-level language intended to facilitate portability to different computer processor platforms.
 -  The technology companies keep promising that portability with security is 'almost ready'.
 -  For many, if not most, game developers, portability is still not considered a worthwhile goal.
 -  This portability facilitates use of the system when customer equipment modules are not easily accessible to external communication sources.
 -  We place unusual stress on interoperability and portability.
 
  - 1.2 The possibility of a loan or pension being transferred or adapted in altered circumstances.
 we must ensure the portability of pensions and health care  Example sentencesExamples -  This five-year period is expected to be reduced to two years in this year's pension legislation to provide greater pension portability for employees.
 -  Even with health insurance portability and the like, the way we obtain and maintain health insurance in America is deeply broken.
 -  They will facilitate schemes that provide portability of leave entitlements between employers where those entitlements would otherwise be lost to the employee.
 -  Larger companies have to offer some sort of stakeholder or group personal pension plans, both of which allow flexibility and portability.
 -  The law is far-reaching and has attempted to change many aspects of healthcare related to patient privacy and insurance portability.
 -  The objectives are to ensure health insurance portability, lessen healthcare deception and exploitation, and guarantee security and privacy of healthcare information.
 -  If you improve insurance portability, you'll have gone a considerable ways towards covering conditions before they get to be pre-existing.
 -  Nearly all cited tax efficiency as their main priority in choosing a pension, followed by portability and flexibility.
 -  Like many who switched employers before pension portability, I now have to make up for those 'lost years' of early career moves.
 -  It isn't just the portability part that's added costs—it's also all the effort and paperwork that's needed to protect privacy.
 
  
    Definition of portability in US English: portabilitynounˌpôrdəˈbilədēˌpɔrdəˈbɪlədi 1The ability to be easily carried or moved.  the portability of a laptop  portability and convenience are critical  Example sentencesExamples -  As small as a CD player, its portability offers patients mobility while it actively mixes blood as it pumps through the device.
 -  Graphics on the package emphasize product portability, depicting on-the-go activities.
 -  The company is wise to focus on improving the portability of its super-premium ice creams.
 -  The weapon's smaller models are still popular with security guards who favour its portability.
 -  Portability goes hand in hand with the dairy industry's drive to compete with other beverages.
 -  It's common for such items as mowers and quads to be stolen because of their portability.
 -  They have equated convenience with "improved portability" with a tube-like package that enables the yogurt to be eaten without a spoon.
 -  Portability became the new buzzword with one of his folding craft carrying an incredible 150 soldiers.
 -  Although digital channels can be heard via a digital TV or over the Internet, portability of the radio makes it an attractive option.
 -  Something that may change is the absence of portability of the TV.
 
 - 1.1Computing  The ability of software to be transferred from one machine or system to another.
 portability to multiple operating systems  Example sentencesExamples -  This is more important than anything else except portability across different hardware architectures.
 -  Work continues to revise the graphics pipeline for greater performance, new functions, and platform portability.
 -  This portability facilitates use of the system when customer equipment modules are not easily accessible to external communication sources.
 -  The technology companies keep promising that portability with security is 'almost ready'.
 -  It saves you the trouble of software installation and also provides portability, since you can use your IP phone from other locations providing the same service.
 -  We place unusual stress on interoperability and portability.
 -  Close attention is being paid to robustness, portability, scalability, security, and integrity in the development of our software.
 -  Current software technology entails writing application programmes in a high-level language intended to facilitate portability to different computer processor platforms.
 -  There is hope this technology will boost the digital music market by enabling portability and greater integration of hardware and content.
 -  For many, if not most, game developers, portability is still not considered a worthwhile goal.
 
  - 1.2 The possibility of a loan or pension being transferred or adapted in altered circumstances.
 we must ensure the portability of pensions and health care  Example sentencesExamples -  Like many who switched employers before pension portability, I now have to make up for those 'lost years' of early career moves.
 -  Larger companies have to offer some sort of stakeholder or group personal pension plans, both of which allow flexibility and portability.
 -  If you improve insurance portability, you'll have gone a considerable ways towards covering conditions before they get to be pre-existing.
 -  Even with health insurance portability and the like, the way we obtain and maintain health insurance in America is deeply broken.
 -  The objectives are to ensure health insurance portability, lessen healthcare deception and exploitation, and guarantee security and privacy of healthcare information.
 -  They will facilitate schemes that provide portability of leave entitlements between employers where those entitlements would otherwise be lost to the employee.
 -  The law is far-reaching and has attempted to change many aspects of healthcare related to patient privacy and insurance portability.
 -  Nearly all cited tax efficiency as their main priority in choosing a pension, followed by portability and flexibility.
 -  It isn't just the portability part that's added costs—it's also all the effort and paperwork that's needed to protect privacy.
 -  This five-year period is expected to be reduced to two years in this year's pension legislation to provide greater pension portability for employees.
 
  
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