"forward compatible" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from forward compatibility.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "text": "In order to be forward compatible, we keep a configurable list of valid keywords that we don't understand."
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        "Capable of interoperating with anticipated future systems."
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          "interoperating",
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        "(software) Capable of interoperating with anticipated future systems."
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        {
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        {
          "word": "forward compatibility"
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        {
          "word": "forwards compatible"
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        "not-comparable",
        "usually"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiàngqián jiānróng de",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "向前兼容的"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "eteenpäin yhteensopiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣intavsebadi",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "წინთავსებადი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "aufwärtskompatibel"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zenpō gokan",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "前方互換"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sovmestímyj snízu vverx",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "совмести́мый сни́зу вверх"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "compatible with future systems",
          "word": "framåtkompatibel"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "forward compatible"
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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from forward compatibility.",
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    },
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      "word": "backward compatible"
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      "word": "forward compatibility"
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      "word": "forwards compatible"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngqián jiānróng de",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "向前兼容的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "eteenpäin yhteensopiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣intavsebadi",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "წინთავსებადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "aufwärtskompatibel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zenpō gokan",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "前方互換"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovmestímyj snízu vverx",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "совмести́мый сни́зу вверх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "compatible with future systems",
      "word": "framåtkompatibel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forward compatible"
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