Software incompatibility is a characteristic of
software components or
systems which cannot operate satisfactorily together on the same
computer, or on different computers linked by a
computer network. They may be components or systems which are intended to operate cooperatively or independently.
Software compatibility is a characteristic of software components or systems which can operate satisfactorily together on the same computer, or on different computers linked by a computer network. It is possible that some software components or systems may be compatible in one environment and incompatible in another.