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Sarunnio Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

A port of

What does "a port of" mean in the following sentence?
I couldn't find any possible meaning defined in the dictionary.

While Xbox 360 and PS3 owners get their greasy mitts on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 this holiday season, Wii owners can look forward to a port of 2007's Modern Warfare 1.

does it mean a remake of this game for another platform?

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Sarunnio does it mean a remake of this game for another platform? Yes. The process of porting software is to modify existing software in such a way that it runs on a different platform or in a different environment.

  • Sarunnio does it mean a remake of this game for another platform?
  • Yes.
  • The process of porting software is to modify existing software in such a way that it runs on a different platform or in a different environment.
  • Software that has undergone this process is called a port.
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Sarunniodoes it mean a remake of this game for another platform?

Yes. The process of porting software is to modify existing software in such a way that it runs on a different platform or in a different environment. Software that has undergone this process is called a port.

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