Definitions for porting
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1. Porting

   In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g., different CPU, operating system, or third party library). The term is also used when software/hardware is changed to make them usable in different environments.Software is portable when the cost of porting it to a new platform is significantly less than the cost of writing it from scratch. The lower the cost of porting software relative to its implementation cost, the more portable it is said to be.

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1. Porting

   of Port

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1. Porting

   In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed. The term is also used when software/hardware is changed to make them usable in different environments. Software is portable when the cost of porting it to a new platform is less than the cost of writing it from scratch. The lower the cost of porting software, relative to its implementation cost, the more portable it is said to be.

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1. PORTING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Porting is ranked #157234 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Porting surname appeared 103 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Porting.
   
   94.1% or 97 total occurrences were White.

Anagrams for porting »

1. troping

How to pronounce porting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say porting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of porting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of porting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of porting in a Sentence

1. Daniel Celeghin:

   This crisis has highlighted the need for a China-specific investment model. Simply porting strategies that worked in the U.S. is not feasible.

2. Daniel Celeghin:

   This crisis has highlighted the need for a China-specific investment model. Simply porting strategies that worked in the U.S. is not feasible.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porting
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=porting
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html