Backward compatibility
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backward-compatibility-171-14760734
title:
Backward compatibility
text:
In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system. Modifying a system in a way that does not allow backward compatibility is sometimes called "breaking" backward compatibility. Such breaking usually incurs various types of costs, such as switching cost. A complementary concept is forward compatibility; a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Technological ability to interact with older technologies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility
date created:
2001-10-18T09:03:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T22:30:51Z
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