forward compatible

English

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Etymology

Back-formation from forward compatibility.

Adjective

forward compatible (not generally comparable, comparative forward compatible, superlative forward compatible)

  1. (software) 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.

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