noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of backporting. transitive

   "This backport fixes an urgent bug."

2. 2
   A software program that has been backported. transitive

Verb

1. 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. transitive
2. 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. transitive
3. 3
   To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform. also, transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

retrofit

Antonyms

All antonyms

port

Example

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"This backport fixes an urgent bug."

Etymology

From back + port.

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