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Definition of bug-for-bug compatible
bug-for-bug compatible
adjective
- so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B. Since software often relies on bugs (or undocumented behavior) in order to function properly, retaining these bugs is sometimes important.
To load Word files correctly, we have to be bug-for-bug compatible with Microsoft Office.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Oct 09 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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