08:55 Mar 21, 2020 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / Semiconductor devices | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 15:30 | ||||||
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old/previous generation Explanation: these are not the latest models! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2020-03-21 09:13:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- actually they are called "legacy" models -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2020-03-21 09:14:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_system |
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old / well-established / familiar Explanation: 'Mature' in this sense means that the technology, device, etc. has been around long enough to have probably been widely implemented, all the bugs have been ironed out, and it is perhaps coming to the end of its generation, though is still current and not yet obsolete. It's a polite way of saying 'quite old', and can be easily compared to the same term used for humans — perhaps 'desirably old'! Hence tried and tested, trusted, reliable, not challenging. This is quite different, of course, from 'leading-edge' technology, which might not yet be widely accepted, and may still be experiencing 'teething problems'. |
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