# compatibility layer

> interface that allows binaries for a legacy or foreign system to run on a host system. This translates system calls for the foreign system into native system calls for the host system

**Wikidata**: [Q907342](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907342)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility_layer)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/compatibility-layer


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013