Meaning

1 senses
  1. Capable of interoperating with older systems.

    The new editor is backward compatible with all versions later than 1.17.

    abwärtskompatibel, rückwärtskompatibel

    обра́тно совмести́мыйobrátno sovmestímyj

Examples

2 sentences
  1. All new consoles should be backward compatible.

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  2. Make sure the API is backward compatible so that legacy clients can also use it.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
compatible with older systems:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
compatible with older systems:

Origin

Back-formation from backward compatibility.

Back-formation from backward compatibility.

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Forms

more backward compatible, most backward compatible

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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