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What does portability mean for source code?

The range of platforms where the code can run.

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Why: Portability is the range of hardware and operating system platforms where code can run.

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Portable code travels well across platforms.
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Answer: The range of platforms where the code can run. Portability is the range of hardware and operating system platforms where code can run.

  1. Computer programming en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming
    Portability: the range of computer hardware and operating system platforms on which the source code of a program can be compiled/interpreted and run.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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