COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES
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Question
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What is portability?
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The amount of data a device can store
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How fast the data can be accessed
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How easy it is to move from one place to another
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How well it lasts (ie:if dropped)
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Portability is defined as the capability of a program to be executed on various types of data processing systems without converting the program to a different language and with little or no modification [Ref. to ISO/IEC spec].
Detailed explanation-2: -Portability. Another feature of the C language is portability. To put it simply, C programs are machine-independent which means that you can run the fraction of a code created in C on various machines with none or some machine-specific changes.
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