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doc: standardize on _backward_
We use _backward incompatible_ and _backwards incompatible_ with no discernible pattern in the docs. Follow Chicago Manual of Style and also our standardization on US English and favor _backward_. PR-URL: #35243 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
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This method is aliased as `worker.destroy()` for backwards compatibility.
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This method is aliased as `worker.destroy()` for backward compatibility.
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In a worker, `process.kill()` exists, but it is not this function;
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The `crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING` mechanism is provided for backwards compatibility
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The `crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING` mechanism is provided for backward compatibility
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* Pipes (and sockets): *synchronous* on Windows, *asynchronous* on POSIX
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These behaviors are partly for historical reasons, as changing them would
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create backwards incompatibility, but they are also expected by some users.
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create backward incompatibility, but they are also expected by some users.
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Synchronous writes avoid problems such as output written with `console.log()` or
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<td><code>ctrl</code> + <code>w</code> or <code>ctrl</code>
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The REPL supports bi-directional reverse-i-search similar to [ZSH][]. It is
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Whenever possible, we seek to ensure that working code continues to work. To
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* Backward compatibility
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in Node.js affect popular packages

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