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一、Types of compatibility tests?
- Hardware : It checks software to be compatible with different hardware configurations .
- Operating Systems: It checks your software to be compatible with different Operating Systems like Windows , Unix , Mac OS etc.
- Software: It checks your developed software to be compatible with other software's.For example: MS Word application should be compatible with other softwares like MS Outlook,MS Excel , VBA etc.
- Network: Evaluation of performance of system In network with varying parameters such as Bandwidth, Operating speed, Capacity. It also checks application in different networks with all parameters mentioned earlier.
- Browser: It checks compatibility of your website with different browsers like Firefox , Google Chrome , Internet Explorer etc.
- Devices: It checks compatibility of your software with different devices like USB port Devices, Printers and Scanners, Other media devices and Blue tooth.
- Mobile: Checking you software is compatible with mobile platforms like Android , iOS etc.
- Versions of the software: It is verifying you software application to be compatible with different versions of software.For instance checking your Microsoft Word to be compatible with Windows 7, Windows 7 SP1 , Windows 7 SP 2 , Windows 7 SP 3.?
- There are two types of version checking
- Backward compatibility Testing is to verify the behavior of the developed hardware/software with the older versions of the hardware/software.
Forward compatibility Testing is to verify the behavior of the developed hardware/software with the newer versions of the hardware/software.
二、Tools for compatibility testing
Adobe Browser Lab - Browser Compatibility Testing:
This tool helps us to check your application in different browsers.
（About Browser Lab,Adobe公司已经宣布将关闭旗下的桌面浏览器测试服务平台BrowserLab，并建议用户可以选择使用BrowserStack和Sauce Labs来取代前者）?
Secure Platform - Hardware Compatibility tool
This tools includes necessary drivers for a specific hardware platform and it provides information on tool to check for CD burning process with CD burning tools.
Virtual Desktops - Operating System Compatibility:
This is used to run the applications in multiple operating systems as virtual machines. N Number of systems can be connected and compare the results.
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