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ぜんぽうごかん 前方互換
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Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun
1. forward compatible; upward compatible​See also 下位互換, See also 後方互換
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2. Forward compatibility​Forward compatibility or upward compatibility (sometimes confused with extensibility) is a compatibility concept for systems design, as e.g. backward compatibility. Forward compatibility aims at the ability of a design to gracefully accept input intended for later versions of itself. The concept can be applied to entire systems, electrical interfaces, telecommunication signals, data communication protocols, file formats, and computer programming languages.
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