backward-compatible

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back·ward-com·pat·i·ble

(băk′wərd-kəm-păt′ə-bəl)

adj.

Compatible with earlier systems or elements of earlier systems: a new release of an operating system that is backward-compatible with earlier versions.

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The system is backward-compatible as it is based on the standard RJ45 plug-in format.

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The new system will enable Digital Check scanners to operate without being tethered to a dedicated workstation, and is backward-compatible with existing scanner models.

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It features a built-in digital camera for precise sample placement and is fully backward-compatible with Datacolor's prior generations of instruments.

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The family of fully backward-compatible benchtops, complete with a new embedded processor and data storage, provides a platform for increased efficiency and color measurement confidence.

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The DCN 3000 is a backward-compatible replacement for the Echelon DC-1000 line of data concentrator products, which are installed throughout Echelon's worldwide customer base and which power more smart meters than any other data concentrator in the world.

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In form, footprint and function the LA 130-150 series is backward-compatible with LEM's prior-generation devices.

LEM upgrades its current transducers for drives

The E6607B is backward-compatible with the previous-generation E6607A EXT.

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The VUB300 is also backward-compatible with USB 1.1.

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A backward-compatible architecture allows BD FACSAria or BD FACSAria II customers to upgrade existing instruments to the new platform.