portable

IPA: pˈɔrtʌbʌɫ

A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
A portable building used for temporary purposes [A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).]
Clipping of portable toilet. [A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).]
(computing) Clipping of portable computer. [(computing) A microcomputer powered by batteries with an integral display screen and integral input device (such as a keyboard) that can be used on the move.]

Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
(computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
(computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.

Examples of "portable" in Sentences

CINCINNATI -- Blue Ash police have arrested a man after finding what they call a portable meth lab.
When the new handheld system went on sale last year, Sony hailed it as a step forward in portable gaming.
On the tarmac nearby, relief workers from Mexico slept under the stars, their sniffer dogs lolling in portable kennels.
During this year's earthquake in Japan, UPS set up what it called a portable warehouse to store aid goods out in the field.
Mirasol will also compete with organic light-emitting displays (OLEDS) and possibly e-ink technology used in portable readers.
Wow I tend to find that the only people who are interested in portable software are geeks and thus have no need for me to give them anything.
I came across thousands of people queued up, some sitting in portable chairs, some carrying food from the commissary, some drifting to sleep.
As I've read Finn's book, I am amazed at how well it explains my experiences as a bilingual educator who often found himself in portable buildings with his class.
I'm not completely anti-PortableApps (I have Firefox, WinMerge, and OO. o from them), but the fact that a very large proportion of their apps were already portable is a big pet peeve of mine.