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Version targeting
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, version targeting is a technique that allows a group of (presumably knowledgeable) users (including <a href="/facts/Software_developer/WGTS1Jv9">software developers</a>) to use some advanced <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> features that were introduced in a particular <a href="/facts/Software_version/EP8VXAUU">software version</a> while allowing users accustomed to the prior versions to still use the same software as if the new features were never added to the software. It is a way to ensure <a href="/facts/Backward_compatibility/FbHFBu5y">backward compatibility</a> when new software features would otherwise break it. </p>