Portable

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Definition

Easily moves between environments and technologies on demand, with little to no hard dependencies

The application must be loosely coupled to the environment and architecture in which it is deployed.
It must be nimble enough to operate in a variety of architectures and environments.
Each discrete component and/or service must be able to move without detriment to the application.
As demand and usage of the application changes, and as technology advances, there may be a need to deploy the application to an environment that utilizes different technologies. This is especially true for the data access layer of the application.