port
verb/pɔːt/
/pɔːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they port | /pɔːt/ /pɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it ports | /pɔːts/ /pɔːrts/ |
| past simple ported | /ˈpɔːtɪd/ /ˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle ported | /ˈpɔːtɪd/ /ˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form porting | /ˈpɔːtɪŋ/ /ˈpɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- (computing) to copy software from one system or machine to another
- port something (from something) Is there a problem with apps ported from another platform?
- port something to something The software can be ported to a variety of systems.
- port something from something to something Porting software from one architecture to another is complex.
- port something (to something) to continue to use the same number when you change from one phone company to another
- how to port your number to a new mobile phone
Word Originverb Middle English (referring to a person's bearing): from Old French port ‘bearing, gait’, from the verb porter, from Latin portare ‘carry’. The verb (from French porter) dates from the mid 16th cent.
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