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  • verb Present participle of port.

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Examples

  • Actually, it just moves hydraulic fluid, and then there's a, what we call a porting valve that goes back and forth.

    CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2001 2001

  • Moto Labs says it has succeeded in porting Android to E Ink display screens.

    Will Google’s Android Power the New Fourth Screen? 2009

  • Moving TIF dollars from one district to another - known as "porting" - is nothing new, especially for Jones.

    Chicago Journal RSS 2010

  • Moving TIF dollars from one district to another - known as "porting" - is nothing new, especially for Jones.

    Chicago Journal RSS 2010

  • Because, at the track they’re on, they may even begin porting more Japanese releases as well, with the strong exception of the Wii of course.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sony releases $399 40GB PS3 for the US 2007

  • I wouldn’t even bother with offering a bounty on it – if people see a real value in porting, they will port for free (as long as the code gets re-released under LGPL or some other OSS license).

    Scripting News for 9/20/07 « Scripting News Annex 2007

  • At the time, I thought the idea of porting Facebook updates to a photo frame was a just a gimmick and that the price was too steep.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Activision isn't keen on the idea of porting the remake to other platforms.

    VideoGamer.com - All Updates 2010

  • No telling whether it will be a commercial success-let alone a flick that gamers don't pan-but with 9 films in production or slated for release in the coming months, Hollywood is clearly still enamored with the idea of porting games to the big screen.

    paidContent 2008

  • If code existed before the new framework, stakeholders need to be sold on the idea of porting existing code to the new framework.

    Javalobby - The heart of the Java developer community Nick Maiorano 2008

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