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forwards compatible

forwards compatible is the alternative form of forward compatible.

Meaning of forward compatible

Adjective

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

  1. Capable of interoperating with anticipated future systems.
    • In order to be forward compatible, we keep a configurable list of valid keywords that we don't understand.

Forms of forwards compatible

comparativemore forwards compatible
superlativemost forwards compatible

Questions about forwards compatible

What is forwards compatible the alternative form of?
Forwards compatible is the alternative form of forward compatible.

Words near forwards compatible in the dictionary

  1. forwardness
  2. forwardnesses
  3. forwards
  4. forwards and backwards
  5. forwards compatibility
  6. forwards compatible
  7. forwards roll
  8. forwards rolls
  9. forwarn
  10. forwarned
  11. forwarning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forwards compatible (page history and authors); forward 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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