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legacy (noun, adjective):
noun
1 : a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
2 : something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past
3 : a candidate for membership in an organization (such as a school) who is given special status because of a familial relationship to a member
adjective
1 : of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system
2 : of, relating to, associated with, or carried over from an earlier time, technology, business, etc.
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : In its basic meaning, a legacy is a gift of money or other personal property that’s granted by the terms of a will—often a substantial gift that needs to be properly managed. But the word is used much more broadly as well. So, for instance, much of Western civilization—law, philosophy, aesthetics— could be called the undying legacy of ancient Greece. And the rights and opportunities that women enjoy today are partly the legacy of the early suffragists and feminists. First used as a noun in the 15th century but as an adjective in 1984 (very precise as befits something related to computing).
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