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Compatible vs Crayette - What's the difference?

compatible | crayette |

As nouns the difference between compatible and crayette

is that compatible is something that is compatible with something else while crayette is (computing|informal|dated) any minisupercomputer with an instruction set compatible with those of (cray) supercomputers.

As an adjective compatible

is capable of easy interaction.

compatible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of easy interaction.
  • Able to get along well.
  • Consistent; congruous.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}

    Antonyms

    * incompatible

    Derived terms

    * compatibility

    Related terms

    * compassion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is compatible with something else.
    • a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

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    crayette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, informal, dated) Any minisupercomputer with an instruction set compatible with those of (Cray) supercomputers.