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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backport.wav 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 16 30 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 26 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 19 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 18 28 28 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 20 27 26 6
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 16 30 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 26 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 19 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 18 28 28 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 20 27 26 6

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backport.wav 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 16 30 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 26 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 19 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 18 28 28 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 20 27 26 6 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 27 27 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 16 30 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 26 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 19 25 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 18 28 28 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 20 27 26 6
  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

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        "A software program that has been backported."
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          "software"
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          "program#Noun"
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      ]
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}

Download raw JSONL data for backport meaning in All languages combined (4.9kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: computing",
  "path": [
    "backport"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "backport",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: computing",
  "path": [
    "backport"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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