backwardCompatibility
P4617
predicate
Indicates that one entity remains functional or compatible when used with an earlier version or older form of another entity.
Observed surface forms (3)
- backwardCompatibilityGoal ×1
- compatibilityLayerFor ×1
- hasBackwardCompatibility ×1
Sample triples (23)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| 10BASE-T | compatible at MAC layer with other 10 Mb/s Ethernet ⓘ |
| 10GBASE-SR | not backward compatible with 1GBASE-SX ⓘ |
| 10GBASE-T | 1000BASE-T ⓘ |
| 10GBASE-T | 100BASE-TX ⓘ |
| 10GBASE-T | 10BASE-T ⓘ |
| ATA-1 | not applicable (first ATA standard) ⓘ |
| Carbon (late transitional API) | classic Mac OS applications via predicate surface "compatibilityLayerFor" ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| HFS Plus | partial with HFS ⓘ |
| PlayStation | varies by console generation via predicate surface "hasBackwardCompatibility" ⓘ |
|
Sony PlayStation 3
surface form:
PlayStation 3
|
PlayStation ⓘ |
|
Sony PlayStation 3
surface form:
PlayStation 3
|
PlayStation
ⓘ
surface form:
PlayStation 2
|
| PlayStation 5 | most PlayStation 4 games ⓘ |
|
Swift
surface form:
Swift (programming language)
|
interoperable with Objective-C APIs ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| Wayland | XWayland for running X11 applications ⓘ |
| Wi‑Fi 6E | Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ |
| Wi‑Fi 6E | Wi‑Fi 6 ⓘ |
| Wi‑Fi 6E | earlier Wi‑Fi generations on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ⓘ |
| sRGB | compatibility with legacy CRT monitors via predicate surface "backwardCompatibilityGoal" ⓘ |