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forward compatible

adj

Etymology

Back-formation from forward compatibility.

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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