Portable may refer to:

General

Portable building A portable, demountable or transportable building is a building designed and built to be movable rather than permanently located. Smaller version of portable buildings are also known as portable cabins. Portable cabins are prefabricated structu ...

, a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work * Portable classroom, a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide additional classroom space where there is a shortage of capacity *

Portable toilet A portable or mobile toilet (colloquial terms: thunderbox, portaloo, porta-john or porta-potty) is any type of toilet that can be moved around, some by one person, some by mechanical equipment such as a truck and crane. Most types do not require ...

, a modern, portable, self-contained outhouse manufactured of molded plastic

Computing

* Portable object (computing), a distributed computing term for an object which can be accessed through a normal method call while possibly residing in memory on another computer *

Software portability A computer program is said to be portable if there is very low effort required to make it run on different platforms. The pre-requirement for portability is the generalized abstraction between the application logic and system interfaces. When ...

, software that can easily be ported to multiple platforms *

Portable application A portable application (portable app), sometimes also called standalone, is a program designed to read and write its configuration settings into an accessible folder in the computer, usually in the folder where the portable application can be f ...

s, applications that do not require any kind of installation onto a computer, and can store data in the program's directory

Electronics

Portable electronics Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage, which allows for the transmission of data, voice, and video. Mobile computing involves mobile communication, mobile hardware ...

* Portable device, a wearable or handheld device *

Portable audio player A portable audio player is a personal mobile device that allows the user to listen to recorded audio while mobile. Sometimes a distinction is made between a ''portable'' player, battery-powered and with one or more small loudspeakers, and a ''per ...

, a personal electronic device that allows the user to listen to recorded or broadcast audio whilst being mobile *

Portable computer A portable computer is a computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another and included a display and keyboard together, with a single plug, much like later desktop computers called '' all-in-ones'' (AIO), that integrate the s ...

, a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another **

Compaq Portable series Compaq's first computers' form factors were portable, also called "luggables", and then "lunchbox computers", and together constituted the Compaq Portable series. These computers measured approximately deep, tall, and approximately wide. As th ...

(1982–?) **

Apricot Portable The Apricot Portable was a personal computer manufactured by ACT Ltd., and was released to the public in November 1984. It was ACT's first attempt at manufacturing a portable computer, which were gaining popularity at the time. Compared to other ...

(1984) **

IBM Portable Personal Computer The IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155 model 68 is an early portable computer developed by IBM after the success of the suitcase-size Compaq Portable. It was released in February 1984 and was quickly replaced by the IBM Convertible, only roughl ...

(1984) **

Macintosh Portable Macintosh Portable is a laptop designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from September 1989 to October 1991. It is the first battery-powered Macintosh, which garnered significant excitement from critics, but sales to customers w ...

(1989–1991) from Apple Computer *

Handheld game console A handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the cons ...

, a lightweight, portable electronic machine for playing video games

Film

Portable Film Festival The Portable Film Festival was an online channel and film festival. It promoted film access to portable devices. History Based in Melbourne, Australia, the first Portable Film Festival was launched online in September, 2006. It featured 67 piec ...

at Portable.tv

Music

* ''

Portable Life ''Portable Life'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Danielle Brisebois. Originally scheduled for October 26, 1999,Sal Cinquemani, ''Slant magazine'', 2001.Danielle Brisebois - Portable Life. Accessed 23 April 2008. the albu ...

'', a 1999 album by Danielle Brisebois * ''

Portable Sounds ''Portable Sounds'', stylized as (portable sounds), is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock and hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album incl ...

'' a 2007 album by TobyMac.

People

Portable Portable may refer to: General * Portable building, a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work * Portable classroom, a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide ...