backport
English
Etymology
back + port
Verb
backport (third-person singular simple present backports, present participle backporting, simple past and past participle backported)
- (computing, transitive) To retroactively supply a fix, or a new feature, to a previous version of a software product at the same time (or after) supplying it to the current version.
- (computing, video games, transitive) To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.
Noun
backport (plural backports)
- (computing) An act of backporting.
- This backport fixes an urgent bug.
- (computing) A software program that has been backported.