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  2. Forward compatibility - Wikipedia

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    Forward compatibility. Forward compatibility or upward compatibility is a design characteristic that allows a system to accept input intended for a later version of itself. The concept can be applied to entire systems, electrical interfaces, telecommunication signals, data communication protocols, file formats, and programming languages.

  3. Backward compatibility - Wikipedia

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    In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system. Modifying a system in a way that does not allow backward compatibility ...

  4. Reverse engineering - Wikipedia

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    Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accomplishes a task with very little (if any) insight into exactly how it does so. Depending on the system ...

  5. Binary-code compatibility - Wikipedia

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    Binary-code compatibility (binary compatible or object-code compatible) is a property of a computer system, meaning that it can run the same executable code, typically machine code for a general-purpose computer central processing unit (CPU), that another computer system can run. Source-code compatibility, on the other hand, means that ...

  6. Dynamic programming - Wikipedia

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    The word programming referred to the use of the method to find an optimal program, in the sense of a military schedule for training or logistics. This usage is the same as that in the phrases linear programming and mathematical programming , a synonym for mathematical optimization .

  7. Compatibility mode - Wikipedia

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    A compatibility mode in an operating system is a software mechanism in which a computer's operating system emulates an older processor, operating system, and/or hardware platform in order to allow older software to remain compatible with the computer's newer hardware or software. This differs from a full-fledged emulator in that an emulator ...

  8. Automatic differentiation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and computer algebra, automatic differentiation (auto-differentiation, autodiff, or AD), also called algorithmic differentiation, computational differentiation, [1][2] is a set of techniques to evaluate the partial derivative of a function specified by a computer program. Automatic differentiation exploits the fact that every ...

  9. Error correction code - Wikipedia

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    A simplistic example of ECC is to transmit each data bit 3 times, which is known as a (3,1) repetition code. Through a noisy channel, a receiver might see 8 versions of the output, see table below. Through a noisy channel, a receiver might see 8 versions of the output, see table below.