Backward-Compatible Video Game Console
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A Backward-Compatible Video Game Console is a console that is backwards compatible.
- AKA: Backward Compatibility.
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- Example(s):
- Sony PlayStation 2.
- Wii U.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Sony PlayStation 4.
- See: Video Game Console.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility Retrieved:2017-5-28.
- Backward compatibility is a property of a system, product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system, especially in telecommunications and computing. Backward compatibility is sometimes abbreviated to BC, or called downward compatibility. Modifying a system in a way that does not allow backward compatibility is sometimes called “breaking” backward compatibility. A complementary concept is forward compatibility, which is a design philosophy, usually based on open standards, that strives for methods that will continue to work with newer and future products. Design that is forward-compatible usually has a roadmap for compatibility with future standards and products.