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What does compatibility mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict.
  2. (telecommunications) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
  3. (computing) the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.
  4. (computing) the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors.
  5. (structural analysis) the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.
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As with all two-part furniture, check overall for compatibility of quality, timber and backboards.
You can buy a CD-RW drive for roughly half the price of DVD-RAM and DVD-RAM disks have format compatibility issues with read-only DVD-ROM drives.
There is no compatibility between evolution and the biblical account of creation.
Handheld and smaller computers offer ample advantages in mobility and compatibility and offer an alternative to laptops and ruggedized boxes.
For this project, our concerns about vendor compatibility between the embedded side and the Linux side pushed us to regular packet size.
The progression of the mechanical oscillation itself is conditioned by the grain compatibility of harmonics.

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