compatibility

compatibility
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 without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.
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  • Compatibility — may refer to: Astrological compatibility Compatibilism – a philosophical position Compatibility (geochemistry) Compatibility (chemical) Compatibility (mechanics) Electromagnetic compatibility Interpersonal compatibility Computing Pin… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 — Com*pat i*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. compatibilit[ e].] The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • compatibility — compatibility. См. совместимость. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Compatibility — Compatibility. См. Совместимость. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • 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 — [n] harmony in relationship affinity, agreeableness, agreement, amity, congeniality, congruity, consonance, empathy, fit, like mindedness, rapport, single mindedness, sympathy, unity; concept 388 Ant. disharmony, incompatibility …   New thesaurus

  • compatibility — com|pat|i|bil|ity [kəmˌpætıˈbılıti] n [U] 1.) technical the ability of one piece of computer equipment to be used with another one, especially when they are made by different companies compatibility with ▪ the system s compatibility with Windows… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • compatibility — n. compatibility between, with * * * [kəmˌpætə bɪlɪtɪ] with compatibility between …   Combinatory 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

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