compatible software

1. 1.

   application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together

   Broadersoftware
2. 2.

   software that can run on different computers without modification

   Broadersoftware

Questions about compatible software

What does compatible software mean?

compatible software means "application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is compatible software a common word?

compatible software is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.