backport noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •An act of backporting.This backport fixes an urgent bug. •A software program that has been backported. verb2 •To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version. •To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform. formsbackported · backporting · backports
