Re: is it "backwards" or "backward" compatible?

Subject: Re: is it "backwards" or "backward" compatible?
From: linda_sims -at- vanguard -dot- com
To: "Melissa Clark" <melissa -dot- s -dot- clark -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:16:55 -0400

Melissa wrote on 10/15/2007 03:10:39 PM:

> Hi,
> Which is the correct terminology -- "backwards" or "backward"
> compatible/compatibility? For example: The software is backward(s?)
> compatible to the previous hardware version ...
>
> I ran a search on google and both terms are coming upâ.

Well, FOLDOC lists "backward compatible" but not "backwards compatible".
It's not the OED, but it is usually pretty accurate with respect to tech
jargon.

http://foldoc.org/?query=backward+compatibility

HTH

Lin Sims
Project VPAS - Technical Writer
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