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backwards-compatible

backwards-compatible is the alternative form of backward compatible.

Meaning of backward compatible

Adjective

backward compatible (comparative more backward compatible, superlative most backward compatible)

  1. Capable of interoperating with older systems.
    • The new editor is backward compatible with all versions later than 1.17.

Forms of backwards-compatible

comparativemore backwards-compatible
superlativemost backwards-compatible

Questions about backwards-compatible

What is backwards-compatible the alternative form of?
Backwards-compatible is the alternative form of backward compatible.

Words near backwards-compatible in the dictionary

  1. backwards compatible
  2. backwards compliment
  3. backwards compliments
  4. backwards roll
  5. backwards rolls
  6. backwards-compatible
  7. backwards-compatibly
  8. backwardsness
  9. backwash
  10. backwash ileitis
  11. backwashable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwards-compatible (page history and authors); backward compatible (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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