Drop-in replacement - Wikipedia

Drop-in replacement is a term used in computer science and other fields. It refers to the ability to replace one hardware (or software) component with ... Drop-inreplacement FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticledoesnotciteanysources.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Drop-inreplacement" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(April2016)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Drop-inreplacementisatermusedincomputerscienceandotherfields.Itreferstotheability toreplaceonehardware(orsoftware)componentwithanotheronewithoutanyothercodeorconfiguration changesbeingrequiredandresultinginnonegativeimpacts.Usually,thereplacementhassomebenefitsincludingoneormoreofthefollowing: increasedsecurity increasedspeed increasedfeatureset increasedcompatibility(e.g.withothercomponentsorstandardssupport) increasedsupport(e.g.theoldcomponentmaynolongerbesupported,maintained,ormanufactured) Seealso[edit] Pincompatibility Plugcompatible Clone(computing) Backwardcompatibility Kludge Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drop-in_replacement&oldid=764504375" Categories:SoftwarearchitectureHiddencategories:ArticleslackingsourcesfromApril2016Allarticleslackingsources Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Deutsch Editlinks