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What (who) is downward compatibility - definition
PROPERTY OF A SYSTEM, PRODUCT, OR TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS FOR INTEROPERABILITY WITH AN OLDER LEGACY SYSTEM, OR WITH INPUT DESIGNED FOR SUCH A SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTING
Backwards compatibility; Backward compatible; Backward-compatible; Backwards compatible; Backwards-compatible; Backward-compatibility; Backwards-compatibility; Downward compatible; Backwards Compatibility; Backwards compatability; Downward compatibility; Downward Compatibility; Hysterical raisins; Format rot; Legacy compatibility; Bugwards compatible; Bugwards compatibility; Bugward compatible; Bugward compatibility; Backward-incompatible; Breaking changes; Breaking change; Translation compatibility; Hysterical reasons; Retrocompatibility; Retrocompatible
hysterical reasons
(Or "hysterical raisins") A variant on the stock phrase "for
historical reasons", indicating specifically that something
must be done in some stupid way for backward compatibility,
and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was
the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC
video adaptors have to support MDA text mode for hysterical
reasons." Compare bug-for-bug compatible.
[Jargon File ]
backwards compatibility
backward compatibility
<jargon> Able to share data or commands with older versions of
itself, or sometimes other older systems, particularly systems
it intends to supplant. Sometimes backward compatibility is
limited to being able to read old data but does not extend to
being able to write data in a format that can be read by old
versions.
For example, WordPerfect 6.0 can read WordPerfect 5.1 files,
so it is backward compatible. It can be said that Perl is
backward compatible with awk, because Perl was (among other
things) intended to replace awk, and can, with a converter,
run awk programs.
See also: backward combatability.
Compare: forward compatible.
(2003-06-23)
Wikipedia
Backward compatibility
Backward compatibility (sometimes known as backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system, especially in telecommunications and computing.
Modifying a system in a way that does not allow backward compatibility is sometimes called "breaking" backward compatibility.
A complementary concept is forward compatibility. A design that is forward-compatible usually has a roadmap for compatibility with future standards and products.
