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backwards compatible

In computing, term describing a product that is designed to be compatible with its predecessors. In software, a word processor is backwards compatible if it can read and write the files of earlier versions of the same software, and an operating system is backwards compatible if it can run programs designed for earlier versions of the operating system.
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