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COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compatible software mean?
• COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE (noun)
The noun COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE has 2 senses:
1. application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together
2. software that can run on different computers without modification
Familiarity information: COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("compatible software" is a kind of...):
computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Software that can run on different computers without modification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("compatible software" is a kind of...):
computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)
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