{"id":8932,"date":"2016-02-23T15:27:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/bug-compatible\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T16:45:38","slug":"bug-compatible","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/18104\/bug-compatible","title":{"rendered":"Bug Compatible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_bug_compatible_mean\">What Does Bug Compatible Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p> A bug compatible piece of software is a piece of software that has bugs or glitches in common with a prior version of the software. The idea is that a company has not improved the product to eliminate the bugs.\n<\/p>\n<p>Bug compatible is also known as bug-for-bug compatible.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_bug_compatible\">Techopedia Explains Bug Compatible<\/span><\/h2>\n<p> Although &#8220;bug compatible&#8221; might sound like a positive term, because compatibility is typically positive, it is actually a criticism of the software. Companies are supposed to create successive versions that remove and eliminate bugs from a design. When they fail, someone might use the term &#8220;bug compatible&#8221; to criticize the lack of improvement in development.\n<\/p>\n<p>This term is similar to the term &#8220;bug for bug compatible,&#8221; another derogatory term that indicates all of the bugs in the previous version are still present in the successive version of the software product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Bug Compatible Mean? 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