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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
An act of backporting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A software program that has been backported.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: retrofit
Antonyms: port
verb
To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From back + port.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
