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Karl Jones http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Porting&diff=7638&oldid=prev 2016-02-07T10:20:52Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:20, 7 February 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 (e.g. different [[CPU]], [[operating system]], or [[third party library]]).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 (e.g. different [[CPU]], [[operating system]], or [[third party library]]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(TO DO: expand, organize, cross-reference, illustrate.)</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Description ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Description ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Karl Jones http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Porting&diff=4881&oldid=prev 2015-09-09T21:02:04Z

<p>Created page with &quot;In <a href="/index.php/Software_engineering" title="Software engineering">software engineering</a>, &#039;&#039;&#039;porting&#039;&#039;&#039; is the process of adapting <a href="/index.php/Software" title="Software">software</a> so that an <a href="/index.php?title=Executable_program&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Executable program (page does not exist)">executable program</a> can be created for a <a href="/index.php?title=Computing_environment&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Computing environment (page does not exist)">computing environment</a> that is dif...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>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 (e.g. different [[CPU]], [[operating system]], or [[third party library]]).<br /> <br /> (TO DO: expand, organize, cross-reference, illustrate.)<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> <br /> The term is also used when software/hardware is changed to make them usable in different environments.<br /> <br /> Software is portable when the cost of porting it to a new platform is less than the cost of writing it from scratch.<br /> <br /> The lower the cost of porting software, relative to its implementation cost, the more portable it is said to be.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Software development]]<br /> * [[Software engineering]]<br /> <br /> == External links == <br /> <br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting Porting] @ Wikipedia</div>

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