Unsupported vs Deprecated - What's the difference?
unsupported | deprecated |
Without physical support.
For which support or help is not available.
Without confirmation from a credible source, without verifying support
(deprecate)
Strongly disapproved of.
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Belittled; insulted
(computing) Obsolescent]]; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be [[phase out, phased out, but still available for use.
* 2002 , Steven E. Callihan, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example
* 1999 . Raggett, Dave, et. al. HTML 4.01 Specification ,
As adjectives the difference between unsupported and deprecated
is that unsupported is without physical support while deprecated is strongly disapproved of.As a verb deprecated is
past tense of deprecate.unsupported
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The bombed bridge was left unsupported and soon collapsed.
- This obsolete software is unsupported . Please upgrade to the latest version.
- The sentence was unsupported by an inline citation or general bibliographic reference source notes.
Synonyms
* nonsupporteddeprecated
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.
Conformance: requirements and recommendations. W3C
- A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.
- Note that deprecated functions are not removed.