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Subject:RE: is it "backwards" or "backward" compatible? From:"Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com> To:"Melissa Clark" <melissa -dot- s -dot- clark -at- gmail -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:26:15 -0700
Melissa Clark wrote:
> Which is the correct terminology -- "backwards" or "backward"
> compatible/compatibility? For example: The software is backward(s?)
> compatible to the previous hardware version
Melissa:
It's "backward-compatible".
-Andrew
=== Andrew Warren - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
=== Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
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