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bug compatibility

noun

Etymology

From bug (“logical error”) + compatibility or bug compatible + -ity.

  1. borrowed from compatibilitās
  2. compounded as bug compatibility — “bug + compatibility”

Definitions

  1. The compatibility between two systems down to the specific bugs exhibited by the…

    The compatibility between two systems down to the specific bugs exhibited by the implementations.

    • In some types of software with specific needs, it is necessary to replicate even the bugs of previous versions of the software to maintain bug compatibility.
    • Hyrum's law tells us that a failure to maintain bug compatibility in newer editions will surely lead to breakages, even if the API never promised those behaviors to begin with.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bug compatibility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA