单词 | future-proofing |
释义 | future-proofingn. Esp. of a product or business: the action or process of equipping for or protecting against future developments, esp. in a manner intended to prevent rapid obsolescence. ΚΠ 1989 PC Week (Nexis) 10 July 69 It's another form of future-proofing—if somebody comes out with an object-oriented database in the future and they stick to the container class, it will work with other systems. 1992 Times 27 Mar. 33/1 Anybody buying new telephone equipment..should for many months now have been asking the sales staff some very important questions about future-proofing. 2001 Electronic Engin. Times (Nexis) 9 July 1 Now they can simultaneously design for all regions and upgrade their design in the field as those standards evolve... The result is faster time-to-market and, for the final product, a degree of future-proofing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1989 |
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