Portability

The capability of the software product to be transferred from one environment to another. [ ISO/IEC 9126-1 ]

Other Definitions

Portability [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]: The ease with which a system or component can be transferred from one hardware or software environment to another.

Portability [ ISO/IEC 2382 ]: The capability of a program to be executed on various types of data processing systems without converting the program to a different language and with little or no modification.

Notes

  • The environment may include organisational, hardware or software environment. [ ISO/IEC 9126-1 ]

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