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Next, after the conquered country's currency had been sufficiently inflated with printing-press money, German agents appeared to buy such nonportable assets as farms, real estate, mines, factories, corporations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sedentary living was decisive for the history of technology, because it enabled people to accumulate nonportable possessions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In the process of defending his choice of a nonportable monolithic kernel design, Torvalds says he started working on Linux as a way to learn more about his new 386 PC.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam