Portable may refer to:
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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 struct ...
, a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work
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Portable classroom
A portable classroom (also known as a demountable or relocatable classroom), is a type of portable building installed at a school to temporarily and quickly provide additional classroom space where there is a shortage of capacity. They are des ...
, a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide additional classroom space where there is a shortage of capacity
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Portable toilet
A portable or mobile toilet (colloquial terms: thunderbox, porta-john, porta-potty or porta-loo) 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
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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
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Software portability
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications.
The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital computers in the mid-20th ...
, software that can easily be ported to multiple platforms
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Portable application
A portable application (portable app), sometimes also called standalone software, is a computer program designed to operate without changing other files or requiring other software to be installed. In this way, it can be easily added to, run, ...
s, applications that do not require any kind of installation onto a computer, and can store data in the program's directory
Electronics
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Portable electronics
Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage and allow for transmission of data, which can include voice and video transmissions. Mobile computing involves mobile commun ...
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Portable device, a wearable or handheld device
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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 ''pe ...
, a personal electronic device that allows the user to listen to recorded or broadcast audio whilst being mobile
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Portable computer
A portable computer is a computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another, as opposed to those designed to remain stationary at a single location such as desktops and workstations. These computers usually include a display a ...
, a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another
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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 ...
(1982–?)
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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)
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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 rough ...
(1984)
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Macintosh Portable
The Macintosh Portable is a portable computer that was 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 critic ...
(1989–1991) from Apple Computer
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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 con ...
, a lightweight, portable electronic machine for playing video games
Film
Music
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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 alb ...
'', a 1999 album by Danielle Brisebois
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Portable Sounds
''Portable Sounds'' (stylized as (portable sounds)) is the third full-length studio album from Christian hip hop artist tobyMac. Released on February 20, 2007, the album serves as a follow-up to his 2004 album, '' Welcome to Diverse City''. T ...
'' a 2007 album by TobyMac.
People
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Portable (musician)
Habeeb Okikiola Badmus (born 12 March 1994) popularly known as Portable is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper. He is known focontroversiesand online buzz.
Early life and career
Portable was born on 12 March 1994 in Abeokuta, Ogun State ...
, Nigerian singer-songwriter, rapper.
See also
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Portability (disambiguation)
Portability may refer to:
* Portability (social security), the portability of social security benefits
*Porting, the ability of a computer program to be ported from one system to another in software engineering
**Software portability, the portabil ...
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