backport

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verb

To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.

“This backport fixes an urgent bug.”

Similar
retrofit
Opposite
port
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Meanings

verbbackport (third-person singular simple present backports, present participle backporting, simple past and past participle backported)

present singular third person backports · participle present backporting · participle past backported · past backported

  1. transitivecomputingTo retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.

    Synonyms: retrofit · Antonyms: port

  2. alsotransitivecomputingTo re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.
nounbackport (plural backports)

plural backports

  1. transitivecomputingAn act of backporting.

    This backport fixes an urgent bug.

  2. transitivecomputingA software program that has been backported.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.

Similar
retrofit
Opposite
port
Also see
retrofit

Origin

From back + port.

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Translations

Catalan corregir retroactivament
  • corregir retroactivamentto retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version
Spanish corregir retroactivamente
  • corregir retroactivamenteto retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version
Cite this entry
APA

backport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backport

MLA

“backport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backport. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backport,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backport.

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