Usually means: Applying newer features to older versions.
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  2. backport: Wiktionary
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  4. Backport: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. backport: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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Definitions from Wiktionary (backport)

verb:  To retroactively supply (to a previous version of a software product) a fix, or a new feature, at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
verb:  To retroactively supply (a fix or a new feature) to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
verb:  (also video games) To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.
noun:  An act of backporting.
noun:  A software program that has been backported.

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