Usually means: Maintains functionality with older systems.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. backward compatibility: Merriam-Webster
  2. backward compatibility: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backward-compatibility: Wordnik
  4. backward compatibility: Wiktionary
  5. backward compatibility: Dictionary.com
  6. Backward compatibility: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. backward compatibility: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Backward-compatibility, backward compatibility: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backward compatibility)

▸ noun:  (software) Capability of interoperating with older systems.

Similar:
forward compatibility, backwards compatibility, forwards compatibility, compatibility, support, portability, interop, adapter, open system, interworking, more...

Opposite:
future-proofing

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Similar:
forward compatibility, backwards compatibility, forwards compatibility, compatibility, support, portability, interop, adapter, open system, interworking, more...

Opposite:
future-proofing



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