compatibility
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Noun [edit]
compatibility (countable and uncountable; plural compatibilities)
- The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or perform together in combination without problems or conflict.
- (telecommunications) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
- (computing) the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.
- (computing) the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors.
- (structural analysis) the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.
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Translations [edit]
the capability to exist without mutual interference
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External links [edit]
- compatibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- compatibility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- compatibility at OneLook Dictionary Search
