The term compatibility has the following meanings:
In telecommunication, 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.
In computing, the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers.
The capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storagefacility), 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.
In structural analysis, the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.
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compatibility documentation for the Java 2 Platform, v1.2.
It is recommended that programs be modified to eliminate the use of deprecated methods and classes, though there are no current plans to remove such methods and classes entirely from the system.
J2SE 1.3 is strongly compatible with J2SE 1.2 and 1.2.2.
Compatibility determinations are documents written, signed and dated by the refuge manager and the regional chief of refuges that signify whether proposed or existing uses of national wildlife refuges are compatible with their establishing purposes and the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Compatibility determinations are required for all refuge recreational and educational programs and the construction or expansion of recreational and educational facilities such as boardwalks and boat ramps.
Compatibility determinations are also required for management activities performed by private parties in return for a market commodity, such as cooperative farming to provide food for wildlife, and for granting or modifying rights-of-way through refuges for pipelines, roads, or electrical transmission lines.