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Legacy system

In computing, a legacy system is an old method, technology, computer system, or application program, "of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system", yet still in use. Often referencing a system as "legacy" means that it paved the way for the standards that would follow it. This can also imply that the system is out of date or in need…

Legacy, Applications, Standards & Technology

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Additional uses of the term legacy in computing

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Problems posed by legacy computing

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Additional uses of the term legacy in computing

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related to Problems posed by legacy computing · 17
Legacy system → Budgetary, CEO, Comair, CPUs, Due, GB, However, If, Integration, IPv4, Legacy, Once, ROI, Some, There, These, This
related to NASA example · 15
Legacy system → According, Andreas, For, Hein, However, Munich, NASA's, Otherwise, Replacement, Space Shuttle, Technical University, The, These, This, Thus
related to Improvements on legacy software systems · 12
Legacy system → John McCormick, Most, PC, PC/Windows, PostScript, Printing, Rich Text Format, RTF, The, This, Web-based, Where
related to overview · 7
Legacy system → Backward, By, In, It, Legacy, The, While
related to External links · 4
Legacy system → Legacy, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Alternative view · 3
Legacy system → Bjarne Stroustrup, Dot, There
related to Additional uses of the term legacy in computing · 2
Legacy system → For, The
related to Brownfield architecture · 2
Legacy system → Brownfield, Programmers
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Legacy system → old method

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Legacy systemis aold method0.90text
return on investment challenges or vendor lock-ininstance ofthe decision to keep an old system may be influenced by economic reasons0.80text
the inherent challenges of change managementinstance ofthe decision to keep an old system may be influenced by economic reasons0.80text
or a variety of other reasons other than functionalityinstance ofthe decision to keep an old system may be influenced by economic reasons0.80text
the TOPS database.The way that the system works is not well understoodinstance ofand systems0.80text
trackinginstance ofsecondary functions0.80text
reporting of user activity and/or automatic updating that createsinstance ofsecondary functions0.80text
developmentinstance ofThese capabilities must be integrated into various software life cycle phases0.80text
implementationinstance ofThese capabilities must be integrated into various software life cycle phases0.80text
usageinstance ofThese capabilities must be integrated into various software life cycle phases0.80text
or maintenanceinstance ofThese capabilities must be integrated into various software life cycle phases0.80text
Legacy systemrelated to Additional uses of the term legacy in computingThe0.60section

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    Legacy system

    Nodes95
    Edges94
    Triples113
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.021053
    Components1
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