legacy

Definition of legacy in English English dictionary: money or property bequeathed to someone in a will; left behind; old or no longer in active use
They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.; of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain; The descendant of an alumnus
Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.; Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.; a bequest; {n} a bequest or thing left by will; (Bilgisayar) Yaygın kullanımından dolayı yerine başkası konamayan; yeri doldurulamayan (yazılım, donanım vs.); (Bilgisayar) Denoting hardware or software that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use; property or money bequeathed to someone in a will; A gift left to someone in a persons Will The legacy can be specific (i e , a specific item such as a piece of jewellery) or of a cash sum PROBATE, WILLS & TAX; A gift of property by will, esp; Gift of money by will; (law) a gift of personal property by will; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease; A rushee whose parents or siblings were a member of the same fraternity/sorority that they are pursuing; Information stored in an old system and is unreadable by the new system Legacy systems typically require some program to translate them into the new format; Any feature in the computer system based on older technology for which compatibility continues to be maintained in other system components In the context of Windows 98, a non–Plug and Play feature; A disposition of money or personal prop erty by will; OF or pertaining to documents, data or hardware that existed prior to a certain time The designation refers particularly to a change in process or technique that requires translating old data files to a new system; a legacy is a gift in a will of money or personal property; A prospective member whose grandmother, mother, or sister is an alumna of, or active in, a particular sorority (The exact definition varies from one sorority to another ) A sorority is not obligated to pledge its legacies; A person who has an immediate relative who is an alumnus or active member of a fraternity or sorority Being a legacy does not guarantee one membership, however; A legacy of an event or period of history is something which is a direct result of it and which continues to exist after it is over. a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid; a computer, system, or software that was created for a specific purpose but is now outdated; anything left over from a previous version of the hardware or software; a rushee of a fraternity/sorority who is a son/daughter, sister/brother, or granddaughter/grandson of a member of a Greek organization; A prospective member whose grandfather, father, or brother is an alum of, or active in a particular Fraternity You are not obligated to pledge a Fraternity because you are a legacy, but you will generally get special consideration by the Brothers of the Fraternity to give you a bid; A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like; This fee is used to produce the University's student-edited feature magazine, published twice in the fall semester and twice in the spring semester The magazine offers campus-oriented feature stories and entertainment It also provides a hands on laboratory experience for students interested in writing, photography, and design; The gift that an individual leaves, both in the details of their will and in the tradition of giving they shared with their descendents (See Bequest); money or property bequeathed to someone by will; Technically, a bequest of cash Example: Testator T's will makes a bequest to L of $10,000 The gift is a legacy See also: Bequest, Memorial Fund, Planned Giving, Will Topic areas: Fundraising and Financial Sustainability; Transfer of personal property through a will; a sister/brother, son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter of an initiated member of a sorority or fraternity; Also Fig; System that currently supports any University of Houston System business functions, such as admitting students, for example, the Registration and Records, Admissions, Payroll and Alumni Records systems PeopleSoft modules will replace many of the legacy systems; A legacy is money or property which someone leaves to you when they die. You could make a real difference to someone's life by leaving them a generous legacy; A computer, system, or software that was created for a specific purpose, but is now outdated Anything left over from a previous version of the hardware or software; of money or personal property; a bequest; {i} inheritance, bequest; something handed down from one's ancestors; Any feature in the PC system based on older technology for which compatibility continues to be maintained in other system components; A potential new member whose parents or siblings were a member of a fraternity/sorority; A gift of personal property by will; the same as a bequest A person receiving such a gift is called a legatee
legacy code: Source code that relates to a no-longer supported or manufactured operating system or other computer technology
legacy student: A student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university), primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution
legacy system: An old computer system or application program that continues to be used because the user (typically an organization) does not want to replace or redesign it
legacy systems: plural form of legacy system
legacy application: (Bilgisayar) An old computer system or application program which continues to be used because the user (typically an organisation) does not want to replace or redesign it
legacy application: application that has been used for a long time, application that is no longer efficient or compatible with new technology but has not been replaced or modified because of the expense or difficulty (on a mainframe or miniframe)
legacy data: Data stored on older computer systems or in older file or database formats, that often remains behind as the legacy of out-dated technologies Often, this data presents a formidable challenge to client-server developers because it is still useful, but not always easy to integrate into more current systems
legacy data: Data that is left over from previous technologies The analog recordings on tape are the legacy data that the Consortium wants to address This normally involves a conversion process
legacy data: Data contained by a system used prior to the installation of a new system Often legacy data resides on mainframe systems, which may have been replaced by client/server systems or Web-enabled systems (1)
legacy data: Existing data that has been acquired by an organization
legacy data: is existing data that has been acquired by an organisation
legacy during lifetime: property that is transferred before the death of the testator
legacy duty: tax on inherited money or property
legacy system: Represents the current Human Resources (HRMIS) and Financials (FRS) systems that will be replaced by the new PeopleSoft system Retirement strategies are to be determined
legacy system: An older or outdated computer system or application program that continues to be used because of the exorbitant cost of replacing or reengineering it Often such systems offer little competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents Legacy systems are frequently large, monolithic and difficult to modify, and scrapping a legacy system often requires reengineering a firm's business processes as well
legacy system: existing computing base, often out-of-date
legacy system: An old database or other application, technically superseded but still in use
legacy system: An existing operational system which is used for entering data about the com-pany's operations
legacy system: This term is not defined precisely and has an emotional component Usually, it refers to the fact that systems are often developed over a long period of time in an incremental manner without proper documentation so that it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain them For example, as the number of functions added to the system increases, the difficulty of adding new functions increases as well since each new function has to be evaluated with regard to its impact on the other functions already included in the system Also, adapting the system to changing business environments can generally only be done by incremental changes, i e by adding functionality rather than by chaning the structure of the system All these difficulties may lead to a situation where a company's computer-based information system is considered a burden rather than a support, i e a burden inherited from past (myopic) decisions
legacy system: older computer system or application program that is no longer efficient or compatible with new technology but has not been replaced or modified because of the expense or difficulty
legacy system: For NonStop™ CORBA, an existing system that is not based on the CORBA model
legacy system: An old computer system (usually mainframe) that might work OK, but is hard or impossible to enhance or upgrade to new functionality Shorthand for “Hey, not my fault! I didn’t design it ”
legacy system: A previously existing system or application
legacy system: An older computer system or program that is still valuable to the user, but may not be compatible with newer systems
legacy system: is a system, application, or operating system, which is from a previous generation of computer systems
legacy system: An older stand-alone computer system within an organization with older versions of applications that are either fast approaching or beyond the end of their useful life within the organization
legacy system: In-place systems using older (often outdated) technology
legacy system: An information system that has been in use for a long time usually on a mainframe or minicomputer At Ole Miss, examples of legacy systems are the administrative computing modules that run under the MVS operating system, some of which were written in COBOL 25 years ago
legacy system: An existing automated information system (AIS) or application which will be replaced in whole or part by a migration system
legacy system: An information system that has been in use for a long time, usually on a mainframe or minicomputer
legacy system: A system that is developed without using an enterprise data architecture approach
legacy system: Those systems in existence and either deployed or under development at the start of a modernization program All legacy systems will be affected by modernization to a greater or lesser extent Some systems will become transition systems before they are retired Other systems will simply be retired as their functions are assumed by modernization systems Still others will be abandoned when they become obsolete [Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework]
legacy system: An existing system, usually a computer system, that must be accommodated in building new systems
legacy system: When a new computer-based information system is developed, it may be necessary to retain hardware but more often software from the earlier system In these cases, the software that has been retained is referred to as a legacy system
legacy system: An existing or inherited system used to run significant business functions that will be used as the base for conversion to or integration with a new system Legacy systems are typically replaced due to technical or functional obsolescence, or because the organization owning the system has been acquired
legacy systems: A mainframe or minicomputer information system that has been in existence for a long period of time
legacy systems: Currently existing computer systems (e g UFAS, etc )
legacy systems: Hardware and software applications in which a company has already invested considerable time and money Legacy systems typically perform critical operations in companies for many years even though they may no longer use state- of- the- art technology Replacing legacy systems can be disruptive and therefore requires careful planning and appropriate migration support from the manufacturer [ISPE International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering Glossary: Resources and glossaries, Michelle Gonzalez] http: //www ispe org/
legacy systems: Mainframe and minicomputer systems which pre-date LANs and Bridge/Router based WAN internetworking
legacy systems: Legacy systems are the information resources currently available to the organization They include existing mainframes, personal computers, serial terminals, networks, databases, operating systems, application programs and all other forms of hardware and software that a company may own Typically they are, like most legacies, of great value to the organization, and for this reason, it is not viable to replace an entire system, when changing the programs that run on it Unfortunately, most legacy systems cannot easily or economically be extended, modified or otherwise modified to fulfill new requirements
legacy systems: The older, traditional mainframe-based business information systems of an organization
legacy systems: Operative systems using old data management technology
legacy systems: Computer systems or application programs which are outdated and incompatible with other systems, but are too costly to replace or redesign They are often large, intimidating, and difficult to modify
legacy systems: Older computing technology used by an organization over time Legacy systems perform business-critical functions and can be integrated with newer systems
legacy systems: Large, entrenched systems, consisting of thousands of programs written and modified over ten to twenty years that cannot be changed because of their complexity or lack of documentation
legacy systems: Computer applications -- both hardware and software -- which have been inherited through previous acquisition and installation Most often, these systems run business applications which are not integrated with each other
general legacy: unspecified assets bequeathed in a will
handing down a legacy: passing down a legacy from one generation to another; giving property to another via a will
legacies: plural of legacy
‘legacy’: A gift left to someone in a persons Will The legacy can be specific (i e , a specific item such as a piece of jewellery) or of a cash sum PROBATE, WILLS & TAX
‘legacy’: Transfer of personal property through a will
‘legacy’: A gift of personal property by will; the same as a bequest A person receiving such a gift is called a legatee
‘legacy’: A potential new member whose parents or siblings were a member of a fraternity/sorority
‘legacy’: Information stored in an old system and is unreadable by the new system Legacy systems typically require some program to translate them into the new format
‘legacy’: a computer, system, or software that was created for a specific purpose but is now outdated; anything left over from a previous version of the hardware or software
‘legacy’: A rushee whose parents or siblings were a member of the same fraternity/sorority that they are pursuing
‘legacy’: Any feature in the PC system based on older technology for which compatibility continues to be maintained in other system components
‘legacy’: System that currently supports any University of Houston System business functions, such as admitting students, for example, the Registration and Records, Admissions, Payroll and Alumni Records systems PeopleSoft modules will replace many of the legacy systems
‘legacy’: Technically, a bequest of cash Example: Testator T's will makes a bequest to L of $10,000 The gift is a legacy See also: Bequest, Memorial Fund, Planned Giving, Will Topic areas: Fundraising and Financial Sustainability
‘legacy’: a rushee of a fraternity/sorority who is a son/daughter, sister/brother, or granddaughter/grandson of a member of a Greek organization
‘legacy’: a sister/brother, son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter of an initiated member of a sorority or fraternity
‘legacy’: A prospective member whose grandfather, father, or brother is an alum of, or active in a particular Fraternity You are not obligated to pledge a Fraternity because you are a legacy, but you will generally get special consideration by the Brothers of the Fraternity to give you a bid
‘legacy’: The gift that an individual leaves, both in the details of their will and in the tradition of giving they shared with their descendents (See Bequest)
‘legacy’: money or property bequeathed to someone by will
‘legacy’: bequest: (law) a gift of personal property by will
‘legacy’: Gift of money by will
‘legacy’: A disposition of money or personal prop erty by will
‘legacy’: A person who has an immediate relative who is an alumnus or active member of a fraternity or sorority Being a legacy does not guarantee one membership, however
‘legacy’: Any feature in the computer system based on older technology for which compatibility continues to be maintained in other system components In the context of Windows 98, a non–Plug and Play feature
‘legacy’: A computer, system, or software that was created for a specific purpose, but is now outdated Anything left over from a previous version of the hardware or software
‘legacy’: property or money bequeathed to someone in a will
‘legacy’: This fee is used to produce the University's student-edited feature magazine, published twice in the fall semester and twice in the spring semester The magazine offers campus-oriented feature stories and entertainment It also provides a hands on laboratory experience for students interested in writing, photography, and design
‘legacy’: OF or pertaining to documents, data or hardware that existed prior to a certain time The designation refers particularly to a change in process or technique that requires translating old data files to a new system
‘legacy’: A prospective member whose grandmother, mother, or sister is an alumna of, or active in, a particular sorority (The exact definition varies from one sorority to another ) A sorority is not obligated to pledge its legacies
‘legacy’: a legacy is a gift in a will of money or personal property

legacy

Hyphenation

leg·a·cy

Turkish pronunciation

legısi

Synonyms

bequest, birthright, devise, endowment, estate, gift, heirloom, throwback, tradition

Pronunciation

/ˈlegəsē/ /ˈlɛɡəsiː/

Etymology

[ le-g&-sE ] (noun.) 15th century. From Old French legacie, from Medieval Latin legatia Latin lēgātum, participle of lēgō.

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