backport

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 02:49, 18 March 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

back +‎ port

Verb

Lua error in Module:en-headword at line 1145: Legacy parameter 1=STEM no longer supported, just use 'en-verb' without params

  1. (computing, transitive) To retroactively supply a fix, or a new feature, to a previous version of a software product at the same time (or after) supplying it to the current version.
  2. (computing, video games, transitive) To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.

Noun

backport (plural backports)

  1. (computing) An act of backporting.
    This backport fixes an urgent bug.
  2. (computing) A software program that has been backported.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=backport&oldid=51986566"