different between backport vs retrofit

English

Etymology

back +? port

Verb

backport (third-person singular simple present backports, present participle backporting, simple past and past participle backported)

1. (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.
2. (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)

1. (computing) An act of backporting.

2. (computing) A software program that has been backported.

English

Etymology

retro- +? fit

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t.????f?t/

Verb

retrofit (third-person singular simple present retrofits, present participle retrofitting, simple past and past participle retrofitted) (transitive or intransitive)

1. To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
2. To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport

Translations

Noun

retrofit (plural retrofits)

1. Something that has been retrofitted
2. The act of retrofitting

Translations

Adjective

retrofit (not comparable)

1. of, relating to, or being a retrofit

References

• “retrofit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Italian

Etymology

From English retrofit.

Noun

retrofit m (invariable)

1. retrofit