backport

English

Etymology

From back +‎ port.

Pronunciation

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Verb

backport (third-person singular simple present backports, present participle backporting, simple past and past participle backported) (transitive, computing)

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.

   Synonym: retrofit

   Antonym: port

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.

   Synonym: retrofit

   Antonym: port

3. (also video games) To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.

Translations

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

• Catalan: corregir retroactivament
• Spanish: corregir retroactivamente

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

to re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform

Noun

backport (plural backports) (computing)

1. An act of backporting.

   This backport fixes an urgent bug.

2. A software program that has been backported.