Portable

Portable

Portable may refer to:

* 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 additional classroom space where there is a shortage of capacity
* Portable toilet, a modern, portable, self-contained outhouse manufactured of molded plastic

In 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
* Portable software, software that can easily be ported to multiple platforms
* Portable applications, applications that do not require any kind of installation onto a computer, and can store data in the program's directory

In electronics:
* Portable communications device, a wearable or handheld dev
* Portable audio player, a personal electronic device that allows the user to listen to recorded or broadcast audio whilst being mobile
* Portable computer, a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another
** "Compaq Portable" series (1982–?)
** "Apricot Portable" (1984)
** "IBM Portable" (1984)
** "Macintosh Portable" (1989–1991) from Apple Computer
* Handheld game console, a lightweight, portable electronic machine for playing video games

In music:
* "Portable Life", a 1999 album by Danielle Brisebois
* "Portable Sounds" a 2007 album by TobyMac.

See also

* Portability


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