"backport" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backports [plural]
Etymology: From back + port. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|port}} back + port Head templates: {{en-noun}} backport (plural backports)
  1. An act of backporting.
    Sense id: en-backport-en-noun-SYRxU2QU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9
  2. A software program that has been backported. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-backport-en-noun-D8KJdFbY Disambiguation of Computing: 9 25 28 26 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9

Verb [English]

Forms: backports [present, singular, third-person], backporting [participle, present], backported [participle, past], backported [past]
Etymology: From back + port. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|port}} back + port Head templates: {{en-verb}} backport (third-person singular simple present backports, present participle backporting, simple past and past participle backported)
  1. 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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: retrofit Translations (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): corregir retroactivament (Catalan), corregir retroactivamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-backport-en-verb-yHFzakMF Disambiguation of Computing: 9 25 28 26 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9 Disambiguation of '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': 58 35 7
  2. To retroactively supply (a fix or a new feature) to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: retrofit
    Sense id: en-backport-en-verb-8bgDMfzn Disambiguation of Computing: 9 25 28 26 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9
  3. (also video games) To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform. Tags: also, transitive Categories (topical): Video games, Computing
    Sense id: en-backport-en-verb-67WDnr8T Disambiguation of Computing: 9 25 28 26 13 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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