| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | application compatibility | 應用程式相容性 (The concept of ensuring that older applications still run correctly under newer operating systems) |
| comp., MS | application compatibility database | 應用程式相容性資料庫 (A database that contains a list of applications that may have potential compatibility problems and remedies. When an application starts, Windows checks this database to configure system options to minimize compatibility problems) |
| comp., MS | Application Compatibility Toolkit | 應用程式相容性工具組 (A suite of tools that enables software developers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and enterprise IT professionals to determine whether their applications are compatible with a new version of Windows before rolling it out to the company. ACT also enables such individuals to determine how Windows security updates may impact their applications) |
| comp., MS | backward compatibility | 回溯相容性 (The capability of source code or programs developed on a more advanced system or compiler version to be executed or compiled by a less advanced (older) version) |
| comp., MS | Compatibility Checker | 相容性檢查程式 (A feature that identifies elements in your file that aren't supported or will behave differently in a different format or previous version of the product) |
| comp., MS | compatibility fix | 相容性修正 (A small piece of code that intercepts API calls from applications, transforming them so that Windows Vista will provide the same product support for the application as previous versions of the operating system) |
| comp., MS | compatibility mode | 相容模式 (A feature of a computer or operating system that allows it to run programs written for a different system) |
| comp., MS | compatibility switching | 相容性切換 (The process of reverting to legacy code when Windows detects that an application needs it to run seamlessly for the end user) |
| comp., MS | Compatibility View | 相容性檢視 (A view mode in Internet Explorer that determines whether content is rendered as if users were viewing it in a previous version of Internet Explorer) |
| comp., MS | Hardware Compatibility List | 硬體相容性清單 (A registry of products that have been tested by Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). These products passed Windows compatibility testing) |
| comp., MS | Hardware Compatibility Test kit | 硬體相容性測試套件 (A collection of tests that verify hardware and device driver operations under a specific operating situation on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The tests exercise the combination of a device, a software driver, and an operating system under controlled conditions and verify that all components operate properly) |
| comp., MS | host compatibility check | 主機相容性檢查 (An action that is performed in VMM that determines whether the hardware of a destination host is compatible with the virtual machine that you are migrating to the host) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2010 File Formats | Word、Excel 與 PowerPoint 2010 檔案格式的 Microsoft Office 相容性套件 (A Microsoft supplemental set of tools that provides Office 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007 users integration from their older file formats with the new file formats for Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the 2010 Microsoft Office system) |
| comp., MS | Office compatibility definition file | Office 相容性定義檔案 (A file that stores information about compatibility issues and workarounds and makes it available to the Office Telemetry Log and Office Telemetry Dashboard) |
| comp., MS | Program Compatibility Assistant | 程式相容性助理 (A tool that provides a discoverable and generic solution to allow end users resolve compatibility issues at runtime, just after the user completed running a program with problems. This is accomplished by monitoring programs for compatibility issues through heuristics and whenever a potential issue is detected, provide the user with interface to re-run the program with solutions) |
| comp., MS | Program Compatibility troubleshooter | 程式相容性疑難排解員 (An easy-to-use troubleshooter that helps find and fix program compatibility issues) |
| comp., MS | Windows Installation Compatibility Advisor | Windows 安裝相容性建議程式 (A downloadable Web application that helps Windows users identify which edition of Windows meets their needs, whether their PCs are ready for an upgrade to the next Windows version, and which features of the suggested Windows version will be able to run on their PCs) |