互ご換かん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

interchange; interchangeability; mutual substitutability

Used when two parts, systems, formats, or standards can replace or work in place of each other. 互換する is relatively technical and means to be mutually interchangeable or compatible.

• この部ぶ品ひんは旧きゅう型がたの部ぶ品ひんと互ご換かんする。

  This part is interchangeable with the old-model part.

• 二ふたつの規き格かくには互ご換かんがない。

  The two standards are not mutually compatible.

noun

transposition

Mathematical term, especially in permutation theory, for a transposition that swaps two elements.

• 任にん意いの置ち換かんは互ご換かんの積せきで表あらわせる。

  Any permutation can be expressed as a product of transpositions.

noun-modifying (irregular)

compatible; interchangeable

Prenominal use before another noun, common in product and technology terms such as 互換インク, 互換機, and 互換ソフト.

• プリンター用ようの互ご換かんインクを買かった。

  I bought compatible ink for the printer.

• 古ふるいソフトを互ご換かんモードで起き動どうした。

  I launched the old software in compatibility mode.