codeporting
nounUK /ˈkəʊdˌpɔːtɪŋ/
US /ˈkoʊdˌpɔːrtɪŋ/
The act of moving computer code so it works on a different computer or system.
The team spent the weekend codeporting the game so it would run on phones.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Adapting a program from one programming language to another.
Codeporting the old script from Python 2 to Python 3 took several days.
3. Moving a codebase to a new operating system or hardware.
Codeporting the app to the new console required rewriting its graphics layer.
4. Transferring code between repositories or version control systems.
Codeporting the project from one hosting service to another preserved its history.