compatibility vs congruence

compatibility

noun
  • the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed. 

  • The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict. 

  • the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference. 

  • the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors. 

  • the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility. 

congruence

noun
  • The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape. 

  • The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate. 

  • Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix. 

  • A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number. 

  • More generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure. 

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