Qué (quién) es backward compatibility - definición
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
backwards compatibility
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.
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.
Ejemplos de uso de backward compatibility
1. The heightened security may be one of the reasons many programs failed to install. (Another reason may simply be some installation programs check the operating system and refuse to install if it‘s not recognized.) Most backward compatibility issues will likely be resolved by the final release.