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Backward compatibility refers to a software or hardware system that can successfully use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system.

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version problem - backward compatibility subversion SVN

I've got my svn repository in a server running svn 1.4.2 but I'm using svn 1.6.5 on Ubuntu 9.10 at home. I found the svn will be corrupted when two the versions are different (at least in my case), and svn cleanup won't do the trick. I'm not sure…
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Sql Server - changing column from UniqueIdentifier to varchar(128) - backwards compatability?

I'm making changes to a Sql Server (2008) database to change an existing column type from a UUID to a varchar(128) - the column, we'll call it reference was originally used to save an ID of a reference project that provided more information about…
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Cross-Browser Styling CSS Form ID

I have a form marked up like:
. I have always selected forms using #some-form { /* declare my css */ } However, one of my team members said this is not cross-browser or backwards compatible and said I needed to declare my css…
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Jquery mobile style backward compatibility issue

The following style classes are not working in the recent versions (1.3.x) of Jquery mobile. But they worked fine in earlier versions. What am I missing? ui-corner-tr ui-corner-tl ui-corner-br ui-corner-bl
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About supporting iPhone 5 when using nib files and backwards compatibility

I've been looking for Apple's documentation and posts regarding this issue, but I didn't make it clear how should I deal with this, since most of information I found is about storyboards and autolayout feature. I'm using nib files instead of…
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Namespacing versions of an PostgreSQL schema for backward-compatibility?

Say we have an SQL database with a table Person and several applications accessing it. For some reason we would like to modify the Person table in a backward-incompatible way. One potential solution for keeping compatibility is to rename the table…
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iOS backwards compatibility issue in Xcode

I'm developing with Xcode 4.6.2, which includes iOS 6.1 SDK. I need to make my app compatible from iOS 5, and I don`t know exactly how should I manage this backwards compatibility. I've downloaded the iOS 5.0 simulator, but I'm not sure if I also…
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Compatible with older versions of Android

http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html I have implemented this feature, it quite well works on android 4.0 and up. But I need to make this project compatible with android 2.2, 3.0 etc. I tried to add…
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Can I run 64 bit dlls on a 32 bit machine?

I have recently converted My visual studio solution to 64 bit from 32 bit. But, I have 1 machine which is running Windows Server 2003 (32 bit).Can I deploy and run these newly built 64 bit dlls on this 32 bit machine?
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Running python program using earlier version of python

I have python 2.7 installed. I want to use python 2.4 to run python code. Is it possible?
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Installed Net Framework 4.5. Can build/target Framework 4.0?

I have installed Visual Studio 2012 Express, and .NET Framework 4.5 got installed together. Now from Visual Studio 2012, also if I target .NET 4.0 (Properties->Application->Target Framework), that doesn't seem to work. (The same happens from Visual…
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iOS backwards compatibility - alloc/init of a non existent class

Background: Let's say I'm developing an app using the iOS 6 SDK. I have my deployment target set to iOS 5. I can then use features from 6 but in order to keep compatibility with 5, you have to have some checks in your code: // method only available…
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Using layouts for different sdks

So here is my declaration for my sdk settings: As you can see, my min is lower than my target. Now, when I design my layouts, I use match_parent instead of fill_parent.…
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Configuring Xcode for iOS5 when latest is iOS6

I've released an app for iOS6 (deployment target: 6.1, SDK 6.1) but now wish to make the app for iOS5 because I realize how many users still have iOS5 to keep the old native Google Maps. I understand I'll have to remove any iOS6-only features such…
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Compatibility issue between gnuplot 4.1 and 4.6

Coworkers have a lot of old-fashion gnuplot scripts working fine with gnuplot 4.1. It would be neat to update to 4.6 to get the for-loop functionality and the beauty of new terminals. Have you ever faced compatibility issue while updating gnuplot…
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