pertaining to a computer program that can be located in various parts of the computer's memory
relocatable in American English
(riˈloukeitəbəl, ˌrilouˈkei-)
adjective
1.
constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular
relocatable classroom units
2. Computing(of a program, code, load module, etc.)
capable of being loaded into and executed from different parts of main storage, with appropriate adjustment of address references
noun
3.
a structure that can be relocated
Derived forms
relocatability
noun
Word origin
[1870–75; relocate + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: asymmetric, fifth wheel, giveaway, onshore, washout-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'relocatable' in a sentence
relocatable
The design concept was patented as a totally relocatable building system.