compatible

Compatibility may refer to:

Computing

• Backward compatibility, in which newer devices can understand data generated by older devices
• Compatibility card, an expansion card for hardware emulation of another device
• Compatibility layer, components that allow for non-native support of components
• Compatibility mode, software mechanism in which a software emulates an older version of software
• Computer compatibility, of a line of machines. A product line is a group of related products produced by one manufacturer.
• Hardware compatibility, between different pieces of computer hardware
• License compatibility, of software licenses
• Pin compatibility, in devices that have the same functions assigned to the same particular pins
• Software compatibility, between different pieces of software
• Software incompatibility
• IBM PC compatible, computers that are generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT
• Portable object (computing), a distributed computing term for an object which can be accessed through a normal method call while possibly residing in memory on another computer
• Software portability, software that can easily be ported [移植] to multiple platforms.
  • port: move software from one computer system to another.
    • A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for example people's luggage at a railway station or in a hotel.
    • A porter/doorman is a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel.
    • A porter/attendant on a train is a person whose job is to make up beds in the sleeping car and to help passengers.
    • In a hospital, a porter/orderly is someone whose job is to move patients from place to place.
  •  Food - take out, to go, carry out: In America, "for here or to go?" is the standard question you're asked at the counter. But if you phone in an order in advance, you will typically say "I want to order take-out." In UK and Australia, people generally say "Eat-in" and "Take-away".
  • If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient's diseased organ.
  • To transplant someone or something means to move them to a different place.
  • If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. =transfer
  • If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place. =reverse
• Portable applications, applications that do not require any kind of installation onto a computer, and can store data in the program's directory

Science and mathematics

• Compatibility (biological), a property which is assigned to splits of a given set of taxa [分类单位].
  • taxonomy [from Greek taxis 'arrangement' + French -nomie (from Latin -nomia, from Greek, from nemein 'to share out')]]
• Compatibility (chemical), how stable a substance is when mixed with another substance
• Compatibility (geochemistry), how readily a particular trace element [痕量元素] substitutes for a major element within a mineral. 痕量金属(trace metal), 又称为痕量元素(trace element)，是指含量极少的金属。一般是指水中、气体中的微量金属。
• Compatibility (mechanics), the study of compatible [able to exist or be used together without causing problems] deformations in continuum mechanics 连续介质力学中相容变形的研究
• Electromagnetic compatibility, which studies the unintentional generation, propagation, and reception of electromagnetic energy
• Consistency, logical compatibility between two or more propositions

Other uses

• Astrological compatibility, a branch of astrology that studies relationships by comparing natal [relating to birth] horoscopes. Astrology is the study of the positions and movements of the stars and how they might influence people and events.
  • astrology ['use of astronomy for human purposes', from Greek, from astro- ( ASTRO-) + -logia '-logy']
  • astronaut, astrophysics
  • asteroid [Origin: asteroeides 'like a star', from aster 'star']

六级/考研单词: compatible, compute, backward, data, hardware, emulate, component, manufacture, pin, assign, norm, reside, multiple, luggage, railroad, transplant, situate, reverse, install, directory, mathematics, trace, substitute, mechanic, propagate, reception, logic, astronomy, astronaut