Download the app
educalingo
Search
We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics.
David Milne

Meaning of "portability" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PORTABILITY

portability  [ˌpɔːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORTABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Portability

Portability may refer to: ▪ Portability, the portability of social security benefits ▪ Porting, the ability of a computer program to be ported from one system to another in computer science ▪ Software portability, the portability of a piece of software to multiple platforms ▪ Telephone number portability keeping one telephone number while switching one's account to another telephony provider ▪ Portlet, user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal...

Definition of portability in the English dictionary

The definition of portability in the dictionary is the quality of being portable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTABILITY

porta
portabella
portabello
portable
portably
Portadown
portage
portague
Portakabin
portal
portal frame
portal vein
portal-to-portal
Portaloo
portamenti
portamento
portance
portapack
portate
portatile

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of portability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «portability» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PORTABILITY

Find out the translation of portability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of portability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «portability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

便携
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

portabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

portability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोर्टेबिलिटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قابلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

портативность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

portabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহনযোগ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

portabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mudah alih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Portabilität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

携帯性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portabel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính di động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடக்கமாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्टेबिलिटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşınabilirlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przenośność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

портативність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

portabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορητότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

port
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bärbarhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

portabilitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of portability

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTABILITY»

The term «portability» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.928 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
87
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «portability» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of portability
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «portability».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «portability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «portability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about portability

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «PORTABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word portability.
1
David Milne
We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics.
2
Dennis Ritchie
C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTABILITY»

Discover the use of portability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to portability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of ...
The book's ideas resonate with my experience. Well done!"--Amy W. Schulman, senior vice president & general counsel, Pfizer "This is a thoughtful and highly readable book with interesting and provocative implications.
Boris Groysberg, 2012
2
Software Portability with Imake
It is the only book published on the subject. The second edition has been updated to cover the current version of the X Window System (X11R6.1).
Paul DuBois, 1996
3
RTL Hardware Design Using VHDL: Coding for Efficiency, ...
The skills and guidance needed to master RTL hardware design This book teaches readers how to systematically design efficient, portable, and scalable Register Transfer Level (RTL) digital circuits using the VHDL hardware description ...
Pong P. Chu, 2006
4
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (PL 104-191) continues to generate numerous questions. What kinds of policies does it cover? Does it help people who are currently uninsured?
H. R. Chaikind, 2004
5
Portability and performance for parallel processing
Mathematics of Computing -- Parallelism.
Anthony J. G. Hey, Jeanne Ferrante, 1994
6
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) establishes national medical data standards for administration, security and privacy.
Elizabeth Asfaw, 2008
7
Data portability and relation management in social web ...
In combination with exchange mechanisms it would make data reusable, which means all the social networks the user is part of could be synchronised. This is especially useful when entering a new network.
Sören Weber, 2008
8
Compliance of the Healthcare Industry with the Health ...
The quantitative, descriptive/correlational investigation in this dissertation was aimed at determining if covered entities in Washington State are HIPAA security rule ready after two years from the compliance deadline, and if the factors ...
Mhamed Zineddine, 2008
9
Repeatability, accuracy, portability, and errors of the ...
The precision alignment gyrocompass (PAG) system, a prototype system, was thoroughly evaluated at one laboratory and used at a second laboratory.
John J. Mihm, Richard A. Murphy, Electronics Research Center (U.S.), 1970
10
Portability and the C Language
Illustrates how to design and write portable C code, and discusses misconceptions, and assesses the impact of the ANSI C standard on compatibility
Rex Jaeschke, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term portability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Estate Tax Portability: Panacea or Potential Peril?
In 2013, Congress made the estate tax portability rules permanent. ... later, it is clear that portability is not a panacea even for smaller estates. «JD Supra, Jul 15»
2
Portability is an area where investors need advice
Portability is a game-changer that has not fully seen the impact on planning,” said Dennis Belcher, a partner at McGuireWoods, at the AICPA ... «InvestmentNews, Jul 15»
3
Treasury And IRS Issue Final Regulations On Portability Elections
The IRS issued final regulations (T.D. 9725) on the estate and gift tax applicable exclusion and requirements for electing portability of a ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
4
Cloud portability and business agility: The invisible link
Cloud Portability is about an ability to seamlessly move or launch cloud-ready applications across datacenters in various locations, closer to ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
5
New regs clarify rules for estate exemption portability provision
Alert: The IRS has issued new final regulations pertaining to the portability provision. (T.D. 9725, 6/12/15) Generally, the new regs follow ... «Business Management Daily, Jul 15»
6
Problems with Zim mobile number portability
Mobile companies in Zimbabwe are reportedly dragging their feet in adopting mobile number portability (MNP) as they are not opening up their ... «ITWeb Africa, Jul 15»
7
Fetal Monitoring Market by Product, Portability, Method, Application …
The global fetal monitoring market is segmented based on products, portability, methods, applications, end users, and geography. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
8
Senate Rejects Amendments on Portability, Opt-Outs, LGBT …
The Title I portability amendment offered by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., was the second of its kind to fail. Last week senators rejected an ... «Education Week, Jul 15»
9
Final Regs Clear Path to Portability for Smaller Estates
While the portability rules are typically most helpful in the context of large estates that will exceed the estate tax exemption amount (currently ... «ThinkAdvisor, Jul 15»
10
What you need to know about Jamaican number portability
Terminating a contract and porting your number should not be treated any differently than ending your contract without portability. Number ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Portability [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/portability>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z