compatibility (noun)

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• compatibility — compatible ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to exist or be used together without problems or conflict. 2) (of two people) able to have a harmonious relationship; well suited. 3) (usu. compatible with) consistent or in keeping. DERIVATIVES compatibility noun… …   English terms dictionary

• compatibility — com‧pat‧i‧bil‧ity [kəmˌpætˈbɪlti] noun [uncountable] COMPUTING the ability of one piece of computer equipment or software to be used with another: • the system s compatibility with Windows software * * * compatibility UK US /kəmˌpætəˈbɪləti/… …   Financial and business terms

• compatibility — noun a) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference. b) the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers… …   Wiktionary

• compatibility — I noun acclimation, accommodation, accord, accordance, adjustment, affiliation, agreement, amity, attunement, balance, coexistence, comity, common view, companionship, compliance, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congeniality,… …   Law dictionary

• compatibility — noun see compatible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• compatibility — noun (U) 1 the ability to exist or be used together without causing problems 2 technical the ability of one piece of computer equipment to be used with another one, especially when they are made by different companies …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• compatibility — noun 1. a feeling of sympathetic understanding • Hypernyms: ↑sympathy, ↑fellow feeling 2. capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination • Ant: ↑incompatibility • Derivationally related forms: ↑compatible …   Useful english dictionary

• compatibility — com|pat|i|bil|i|ty [ kəm,pætə bıləti ] noun uncount 1. ) the fact that different ideas or systems can exist together: compatibility with: Christianity s compatibility with science 2. ) COMPUTING the fact that different pieces of computer… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• compatibility — UK [kəmˌpætəˈbɪlətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the fact that different ideas or systems can exist together compatibility with: the question of Christianity s compatibility with science 2) computing the fact that different pieces of computer… …   English dictionary

• backwards-compatibility — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: relating to computer software, systems and equipmenthyponym computer programs and systemshyponym Main entry: backwards compatible …   Useful english dictionary

• forward compatibility — noun Capability of interoperating with anticipated future systems. See Also: backward compatibility, forward compatible …   Wiktionary