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Incompatible vs Versionitis - What's the difference?

incompatible | versionitis |

As nouns the difference between incompatible and versionitis

is that incompatible is (medicine|chemistry|chiefly|in the plural) an incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities while versionitis is (computing|informal) a situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or documenthttp://enwikipediaorg/wiki/honeypot_(computing)#detectionhttp://libreofficeaustraliaorg/lt/community/blog/planet/20110406/versionitishttp://wwwkomandocom/downloads/categoryaspx?id=9606&page=2http://fppadcom/2008/02/11/suffering-from-versionitis.

As an adjective incompatible

is of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.

incompatible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
  • (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
  • Antonyms

    * compatible

    Derived terms

    * incompatibly * incompatibility

    See also

    * incombinable * uncombinable * ununifiable * antagonistic * antipodal * contrastive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, chemistry, chiefly, in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
  • the incompatibles of iron
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    versionitis

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing, informal) A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing)#Detectionhttp://libreofficeaustralia.org/lt/community/blog/planet/20110406/versionitishttp://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=9606&page=2http://fppad.com/2008/02/11/suffering-from-versionitis
  • * 1992 , InfoWorld (volume 14, number 33, page 92)
  • This helps companies maintain an honest relationship with the software publisher and protects against versionitis .
  • * 2004 , Joel Henry, Software project management: a real-world guide to success
  • Versionitis exists when the team is using multiple versions of the same software Integration of modules can be a nightmare when a project catches versionitis.
  • * 2011 , Bud E. Smith, Michael McCallister, WordPress in depth (page 455)
  • The Handbook can suffer from versionitis ; at this writing, the Handbook is one release behind the current version of the software, making it out of date in parts.

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