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It is a type of non-functional testing.
Compatibility testing is a type of software testing used to ensure compatibility of the system/application/website built with various other objects such as other web browsers, hardware platforms, users (in case if it’s very specific type of requirement, such as a user who speaks and can read only a particular language), operating systems etc. This type of testing helps find out how well a system performs in a particular environment that includes hardware, network, operating system and other software etc.
It is basically the testing of the application or the product built with the computing environment.
It tests whether the application or the software product built is compatible with the hardware, operating system, database or other system software or not.