portablesoftware

noun

UK /ˈpɔːtəbl ˈsɒftweə/

US /ˈpɔːrtəbl ˈsɔːftwer/

Portable software is a computer program you can carry on a USB stick and run on any computer without installing it.

She keeps portable software on her flash drive so she can edit photos on any school computer.

SYNONYMS

standalone application USB app no-install program green software self-contained program

RELATED WORDS

USB drive executable installer flash drive application

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Software designed to run on many different types of devices or operating systems.

The game was praised for its portable software design that worked on phones and tablets alike.

3. Programs small enough to fit on removable media and travel easily between machines.

His portable software collection fit on a single memory card.

4. A program that stores its settings in its own folder instead of the system registry.

Because it is portable software, it leaves no traces on the host computer.