下位互換性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	位	互	換	性
か Grade: 1	い Grade: 4	ご Grade: S	かん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From 下(か)位(い) (kai, “upper”) + 互(ご)換(かん)性(せい) (gokansei, “compatibility”).

Noun

下(か)位(い)互(ご)換(かん)性(せい) • (kai gokan-sei) 

1. compatibility with an superior product

   Antonym: 上位互換性

2. being worse than something else in all aspects; overall inferiority

   Antonym: 上位互換性

See also

• 後(こう)方(ほう)互(ご)換(かん)性(せい) (kōhō gokansei, “backward compatibility”)
• 前(ぜん)方(ぽう)互(ご)換(かん)性(せい) (zenpō gokansei, “forward compatibility”)
• 相(そう)互(ご)互(ご)換(かん)性(せい) (sōgo gokansei, “interchangeability”)