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compatibility

the extent to which COMPUTER HARDWARE or SOFTWARE is compatible with the user's existing hardware or software, that is, capable of running existing programs on new machines or alongside existing programs.

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This cascading effect is set off by the combination of harmony, compatibility and a mature selling effort, and defines the term "marketing"--a strategy so successful that selling per se is no longer required.

Transforming sales into gatekeeping

Sexual compatibility is defined as similarities in the emotional, cognitive and behavioural components of a sexual relationship (Apt et al.

Sexual compatibility and sexual functioning in intimate relationships

L=0 then the processor is set to run m compatibility mode.

AMD's Opteron aims at Itanium in 64-bit battle

STA will schedule 'plugfests' (test labs) in 1Q 2004, in cooperation with the University of New Hampshire, to provide STA members with the opportunity to test all newly developed Serial Attached SCSI products for compatibility with Serial ATA and for interoperability.

STA announces completion of serial attached SCSI specification

As more users start to upgrade their PC's, they will be faced with difficult decisions regarding hardware and software compatibility with the system BIOS installed on the PC.

NEW BIOS WIZARD TECHNOLOGY IS PC INDUSTRY'S FIRST SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO TEST A PC'S BIOS FOR SYSTEM CRITICAL COMPATIBILITY