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Scalable vs Upgradeable - What's the difference?

scalable | upgradeable |

As adjectives the difference between scalable and upgradeable

is that scalable is capable of being climbed while upgradeable is having the capacity to undergo an upgrade, usually without major effort.

scalable

English

(wikipedia scalable)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being climbed.
  • Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
  • *2011 , David Runciman, "Socialism in One Country", London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
  • *:To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable : get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.

    • Derived terms

    * scalability

    References

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    upgradeable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * upgradable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the capacity to undergo an upgrade, usually without major effort.

    • Derived terms

    * field-upgradeable