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com⋅pat⋅i⋅ble

  [kuhm-pat-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
2. able to exist together with something else: Prejudice is not compatible with true religion.
3. consistent; congruous (often fol. by with): His claims are not compatible with the facts.
4. Computers.
a. (of software) capable of being run on another computer without change.
b. (of hardware) capable of being connected to another device without the use of special equipment or software.
5. Electronics. (of a device, signal, etc.) capable of being used with equipment in a system without the need for special modification or conversion.
6. noting a system of television in which color broadcasts can be received on ordinary sets in black and white.
–noun
7. something, as a machine or piece of electronic equipment, that is designed to perform the same tasks as another, often in the same way and using virtually identical parts, programmed instructions, etc.: Software written for one computer will probably run on its close compatibles.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML compatibilis, deriv. of LL compatī (L com- com- + patī to suffer, undergo). See -ible

Related forms:
com⋅pat⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, com⋅pat⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun
com⋅pat⋅i⋅bly, adverb
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com·pat·i·ble   (kəm-pāt'ə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others: compatible family relationships.
  2. Capable of orderly, efficient integration and operation with other elements in a system with no modification or conversion required.
  3. Capable of forming a chemically or biochemically stable system.
  4. Of or relating to a television system in which color broadcasts can be received in black and white by sets incapable of color reception.
  5. Medicine Capable of being grafted, transfused, or transplanted from one individual to another without rejection: compatible blood.
n.  A device, such as a computer or computer software, that can be integrated into or used with another device or system of its type.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin compatībilis, from Late Latin compatī, to sympathize; see compassion.]
com·pat'i·bil'i·ty, com·pat'i·ble·ness n., com·pat'i·bly adv.
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Com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. compatibilit['e].] The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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