backwards compatibility
Syllables: back·wards com·pat·i·bil·i·tyUK/ˈbækwɜːdz kəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪti/US/ˈbækwɝdz kəmˌpætəˈbɪləti/
backwards compatibility is the alternative form of backward compatibility.
Meaning of backward compatibility
Noun
backward compatibility (usually uncountable, plural backward compatibilities)
- The capability of an electronic device, a piece of software, etc., to interoperate with older systems; (countable) an instance of this.
- Antonyms:
- backward incompatibility
Forms of backwards compatibility
| plural | backwards compatibilities |
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Origin of backwards compatibility
From backwards (adjective) + compatibility (noun).
Words that rhyme with backwards compatibility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
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- senility
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about backwards compatibility
- What is backwards compatibility the alternative form of?
- Backwards compatibility is the alternative form of backward compatibility.
- How do you pronounce backwards compatibility?
- Backwards compatibility is pronounced /ˈbækwɜːdz kəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪti/ (UK).
Words near backwards compatibility in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwards compatibility (page history and authors); backward compatibility (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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