explain the Compatibility testing

Answer Posted / madhu

Compatability testing means testing the application build
on different platforms whether the application build is
able to run on different platforms or not.

platforms means O/S,Browsers,Compilers,Other system
software.

There are 2 types of Compatibility testing...

Forward Compatability
Backward Compatability.

suppose executing a build on unix o/s which is developed in
Microsoft Languages like VB.Forward compatability

executing the lower versions of s/w on higher versions of
platforms......Backward compatability.

enjoy......

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