backwards compatible

able to work with earlier technology, compatible with earlier versions of hardware or software in a way that requires very few changes to files or system configurations (Computers)

In technology, especially computing (irrespective of platform), a product is said to be backward compatible (or downward compatible) when it is able to take the place of an older product, by interoperating with other products that were designed for the older product.
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backward compatibility