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noun Automotive, Machinery.
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
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Porting
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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noun
1.
the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
adjective
2.
pertaining to or designating port.
3.
located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to turn or shift to the port, or left, side.
noun
1.
an opening in the side or other exterior part of a ship for admitting air and light or for taking on cargo. Compare porthole (def. 1).
2.
Machinery. an aperture in the surface of a cylinder, for the passage of steam, air, water, etc.
3.
a small aperture in an armored vehicle, aircraft, or fortification through which a gun can be fired or a camera directed.
4.
Computers. a data connection in a computer to which a peripheral device or a transmission line from a remote terminal can be attached.
5.
EXPANDthe raised center portion on a bit for horses.
verb (used with object)
7.
Computers. to create a new version of (an application program) to run on a different hardware platform (sometimes followed by over).
verb (used with object)
1.
Military. to carry (a rifle or other weapon) with both hands, in a slanting direction across the front of the body, with the barrel or like part near the left shoulder.
noun
2.
Military. the position of a rifle or other weapon when ported.
3.
Archaic. manner of bearing oneself; carriage or deportment.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
port
"sweet dark-red wine," 1691, shortened from Oporto, city in northwest Portugal from which the wine was originally shipped, from O Porto "the port."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
port  (pôrt) Pronunciation Key
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Computing Dictionary
porting definition
Translating software to run on a different computer and/or operating system.
(1995-01-06)
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