backwards-compatible

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backwards-compatible

adj (Comput, Hi-Fi etc) → abwärtskompatibel (with mit)
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Since the CoaXPress 2.0 standard is backwards-compatible, this frame grabber card can support CoaXPress interface bit rates of 1.25Gb/s, 3.125Gb/s and 6.25Gb/s.
Backwards-compatible to the entire line of FieldSmart fiber distribution cabinets, the addition of an optical staging plate feature now provides the option to either reuse existing space for placing the idle splitter legs or doubles the density of that same area.
Gen5 is 100% backwards-compatible with earlier-generation equipment, ensuring seamless integration and deployability.
These powered, backwards-compatible USB 3.0 hubs permit the use of many imaging accessories powered through a USB connection, including filter wheels, focusers, CCD cameras, and dew prevention devices.
Velox 2.0, the latest version of probe-station control software, combines the best attributes of the company's Nucleus and ProberBench legacy probe-station control platforms and is backwards-compatible with all of the current probe systems.
The new standard would have to be backwards-compatible with the current standards, including the power-over-Ethernet feature.
Each update is backwards-compatible and will work on older IETMs.
Both devices are offered in a surface mount package and are backwards-compatible with the previous generation of Microsemi's PLAD packaged TVS parts there are no changes to electrical or thermal performance.
They are completely backwards-compatible with USB 2.0/1.1 devices and will operate simultaneously with USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices.
<p>The new standard is also backwards-compatible, so USB 3.0 devices will work with USB 2.0 connections.
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