backwardCompatibility

P4617
predicate

Indicates that one entity remains functional or compatible when used with an earlier version or older form of another entity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
backwardCompatibility canonical 109
backwardCompatibilityGoal 4
hasBackwardCompatibility 4

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: backwardCompatibility
Generated description
Indicates that one entity remains functional or compatible when used with an earlier version or older form of another entity.

Sample triples (120)

Subject Object
USB newer versions are generally backward compatible with older versions ⓘ
USB Type-B USB 3.0 Type-B receptacle accepts USB 2.0 Type-B plug ⓘ
HFS Plus partial with HFS ⓘ
10GBASE-T 1000BASE-T ⓘ
10GBASE-T 100BASE-TX ⓘ
10GBASE-T 10BASE-T ⓘ
Swift
surface form: Swift (programming language)
interoperable with Objective-C APIs ⓘ
10GBASE-SR not backward compatible with 1GBASE-SX ⓘ
sRGB compatibility with legacy CRT monitors via predicate surface "backwardCompatibilityGoal" ⓘ
Wi‑Fi 6E Wi‑Fi 6 ⓘ
Wi‑Fi 6E Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
Wi‑Fi 6E earlier Wi‑Fi generations on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ⓘ
ATA-1 not applicable (first ATA standard) ⓘ
Carbon (late transitional API) classic Mac OS applications via predicate surface "compatibilityLayerFor" ⓘ
PlayStation 5 most PlayStation 4 games ⓘ
10BASE-T compatible at MAC layer with other 10 Mb/s Ethernet ⓘ
Sony PlayStation 3
surface form: PlayStation 3
PlayStation ⓘ
Sony PlayStation 3
surface form: PlayStation 3
PlayStation ⓘ
surface form: PlayStation 2
PlayStation varies by console generation via predicate surface "hasBackwardCompatibility" ⓘ
Wayland XWayland for running X11 applications ⓘ
DVB-S not backward compatible with DVB-S2 at physical layer ⓘ
Dolby TrueHD can be accompanied by Dolby Digital core track ⓘ
G.722 not directly backward compatible with G.711 ⓘ
Game Boy Color original Game Boy games ⓘ
Game Boy Color black-cartridge dual-mode Game Boy games ⓘ
Nintendo DS GBA cartridge slot via predicate surface "hasBackwardCompatibilitySlot" ⓘ
NB-IoT integrates with LTE core network ⓘ
PCL later versions often support earlier PCL levels ⓘ
Intel 80286 binary compatible with Intel 8086 in real mode ⓘ
Rich Text Format older RTF readers can often read newer RTF files with limited features ⓘ
VGA compatible with EGA modes ⓘ
VGA compatible with CGA modes ⓘ
Itanium not binary compatible with x86 ⓘ
Itanium not binary compatible with x86-64 ⓘ
RV128I conceptual compatibility with existing RISC-V software model where feasible via predicate surface "backwardCompatibilityGoal" ⓘ
o32 ABI designed for compatibility with older 32-bit MIPS code ⓘ
Win16 API partially compatible with Win32 API via thunking ⓘ
VHDX canBeConvertedToVHD ⓘ
VHDX canBeCreatedFromVHD ⓘ
Video for Windows supported in later Windows versions for legacy apps ⓘ
U.2 depends on backplane design ⓘ
Sega Master System (via Power Base Converter) true via predicate surface "supportsPhysicalBackwardCompatibility" ⓘ
Sega Saturn no ⓘ
Sega Master System compatible with SG-1000 software via adapter (Japan) ⓘ
Neo Geo CD Neo Geo AES software library (CD versions) ⓘ
SAS SSDs some SAS versions backward compatible with earlier SAS speeds ⓘ
TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine games (with region modifications or adapters) ⓘ
Advanced Graphics Architecture compatible with OCS software ⓘ
Advanced Graphics Architecture compatible with ECS software ⓘ
AGA chipset generation largely compatible with OCS software ⓘ