"legacy" meaning in Anglais

See legacy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈlɛɡ.ə.si\, ˈlɛɡ.ə.si Audio: En-us-legacy.ogg
  1. Hérité, comme un système hérité. Se dit d’un vieil ordinateur ou logiciel que l’on veut garder en état de marche malgré le coût et la difficulté de trouver des pièces de rechange.
    Sense id: fr-legacy-en-adj-5yWFfZG~ Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de l’informatique Topics: computing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: \ˈlɛɡ.ə.si\, \ˈlɛɡ.ə.si\, ˈlɛɡ.ə.si Audio: En-us-legacy.ogg Forms: legacies [plural]
  1. Patrimoine, héritage.
    Sense id: fr-legacy-en-noun-QUQ7EDlw Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Héritage.
    Sense id: fr-legacy-en-noun-JAA5c8zn Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  3. Enfant, frère ou soeur d'un diplômé d'une université.
    Sense id: fr-legacy-en-noun-V0cIuKgQ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (héritage): inheritance Synonyms (patrimoine): patrimony, heritage

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