[ noun ] the quality of being light enough to be carried <noun.attribute>
Portability \Port`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
But consumers may be awed by the product's tiny size, its portability and its ability to record their other CDs and tapes.
At its simplest, open systems implies freedom of movement - for software developers and users alike - in three principal areas: portability, scalability and interoperability.
Mr. Hillis argued that Project 21 validates Iridium ideas, such as portability and low-orbit satellites.
The big unknown question at the moment is, will employers pay?' The more employers who took part, he said, the more potential the schemes would have for portability across a sector.
But the principal attraction of a portable computer for most users is its portability, even though research suggests relatively few portable computer buyers actually use their machines while travelling.
Four bills have been introduced in Congress to spur wider participation, by encouraging pension portability, easing paperwork or giving small employers a tax credit equal to 14% of their pension-fund contributions.
The GRiD 1810, said company president Alan Lefkof, not only eliminates that step but allows the portability of 25 times as much information.
By doling out paltry bonuses, the analyst added, "they either didn't care what would happen or completely misjudged our portability." Even higher-level departures from the equity and other departments could come within the next month.
The MiniDisc is also in a protective case for easier portability. The benefit of DCC is that it will also play conventional analogue cassettes, as well as the new digital ones.
And portability needs to be carefully defined; few people need a loan of exactly the same size when they move house.