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ALSO CALLED: Legacy Systems, Legacy Software, Legacy Applications
DEFINITION: In information technology, legacy applications and data are those that have been inherited from languages, platforms, and techniques earlier than current technology. Most enterprises who use computers have legacy applications and databases that serve critical business needs. Typically, the challenge is to keep the legacy application running while converting it to newer, more efficient code that makes  … 
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LEGACY APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): …  use of new technology and programmer skills. In the past, much programming has been written for specific manufacturers' operating systems. Currently, many companies are migrating their legacy applications to new programming languages and operating systems that follow open or standard programming interfaces. Theoretically, this will make it easier in the future to update applications without having to rewrite them entirely and will allow a company to use its applications on any manufacturer's operating system. In addition to moving to new languages, enterprises are redistributing the locations … 
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