Many platforms rely on emulation, the simulation of an older platform in software, to achieve backward compatibility.

Many older strips are no longer drawn by the original cartoonist, who has either died or retired.

Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.

Many people partially blame the older German legal tradition of legal positivism for the ease with which Hitler obtained power in an outwardly " legal " manner, rather than by means of a coup.

Many of the new features were available from the Windows Update site as updates for older Windows versions ( System Restore and Windows Movie Maker were exceptions ).

Many hippies, metalheads and Indian sadhus have long hair, as well many older indie kids.

Many older lesbians who had acknowledged their sexuality in more conservative times felt maintaining their ways of coping in a homophobic world was more appropriate.

Many Buddhist philosophical works lost in Tibet and elsewhere are preserved in older and purer form in Mongolian ancient texts ( e. g. the Mongolian Kanjur ).

Many scholars believe that Noah and the Biblical Flood story are derived from the Mesopotamian version, predominantly because Biblical mythology that is today found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mandeanism shares overlapping consistency with far older written ancient Mesopotamian story of The Great Flood, and that the early Hebrews were known to have lived in Mesopotamia.

Many of the older classifications contain paraphyletic groups, especially the traditional 2 – 6 kingdom systems and the classic division of the vertebrates.

Many modern personal computers have no RS-232 ports and must use an external converter to connect to older peripherals.

Many other " national epics ," epic poetry considered to reflect the national spirit, were produced or revived under the influence of Romantic nationalism: particularly in the Russian Empire, national minorities seeking to assert their own identities in the face of Russification produced new national poetry – either out of whole cloth, or from cobbling together folk poetry, or by resurrecting older narrative poetry.

Many toddlers and preschool age children stutter as they are learning to talk, and although many parents worry about it, most of these children will outgrow the stuttering and will have normal speech as they get older.

Many of the words derived by TDK coexist with their older counterparts.

Many of the older and more traditional schools often take longer to allow students to test for higher ranks than newer, more contemporary schools, as they may not have the required testing intervals.

Many of its older buildings have been renovated, and a business and commercial area is being developed into the New City Centre, expected to become the city's main administrative and business district on the north side of the Neris river.

Many older V6 engines were based on V8 engine designs, in which a pair of cylinders was cut off the front of V8 without altering the V angle or using a more sophisticated crankshaft to even out the firing interval.

Many older machines, however, remain in use.

Many, if not most, of the Etruscan cities were older than Rome.

Many species lay two eggs, but the older, larger chick frequently kills its younger sibling once it has hatched.

Many of the older colonies had land claims that extended arbitrarily far to the west, as the extent of the continent was unknown at the time their provincial charters were granted.

) Many older Sousaphones were pitched in the key of E ♭ but current production of Sousaphones in that key is somewhat limited.

Many of the sacred geometry principles of the human body and of ancient architecture have been compiled into the Vitruvian Man drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci, itself based on the much older writings of the roman architect Vitruvius.

Many beings who are described as deities in older tales are described as " fairies " in more recent writings.

Many older works attribute the Gothic victory to overwhelming Gothic numbers, to Gothic cavalry, and sometimes to Gothic use of stirrups.

Renaissance architects included Alberti, Brunelleschi and Bramante. Many of these artists came from Florence and it remained an important centre for the Renaissance into the 16th century eventually to be overtaken by Rome and Venice.

Many artists, including Martin Schongauer, Hieronymus Bosch, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dalí, have depicted these incidents from the life of Anthony ; in prose, the tale was retold and embellished by Gustave Flaubert in The Temptation of Saint Anthony.

Many of the comic strips in The Dandy are drawn by the same artists, and crossovers between the two comics also occur occasionally.

Many American cover versions of the song appeared recorded by artists ranging from Kate Smith and Duane Eddy to unknown artists singing on various drugstore records.

Many of the Celtic languages have experienced resurgences in modern years, spurred on partly by the action of artists and musicians who have embraced them as hallmarks of identity and distinctness.

Many underground artists, notably Vaughn Bode, Dan O ' Neill, Gilbert Shelton and Art Spiegelman went on to draw comic strips for magazines such as Playboy, National Lampoon and Pete Millar's CARtoons.

Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of disco's popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday contributed to disco's rise in mainstream popularity.

Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Daodejing as a source of inspiration.

Many noted recording artists tried to keep their recorded works off the air by having their records labeled as not being legal for airplay.

Many original freestyle artists, and DJs such as Jellybean, Tony Torres, Raul Soto and Roman Ricardo, were of Puerto Rican ancestry, which was one reason for the style's popularity among Latino Americans and Italian Americans, especially in the New York City area.

Many artists sketched their compositions on this underlayer, which would never be seen, in a red pigment called sinopia ; these drawings are also called sinopia.

Many internationally renowned artists, like the singer Miguel Poveda, started their careers in tablaos flamencos.

Many graffiti artists in Israel come from other places around the globe, such as JUIF, from Los Angeles, and DEVIONE from London.

Many graffiti artists believe that doing complex pieces involves too great an investment of time to justify the practice.

Many artists involved with Graffiti also are concerned with the similar activity of Stencilling.

Many graffiti artists see legal advertising as no more than ' paid for and legalised graffiti ' and have risen against mainstream adverts.

Many graffiti artists have used their design talents in other artistic endeavors.

Many international artists such as Banksy have left their work in Melbourne and in early 2008 a perspex screen was installed to prevent a Banksy stencil art piece from being destroyed, it has survived since 2003 through the respect of local street artists avoiding posting over it, although it has recently had paint tipped over it.

Many famous personalities, philosophers, artists and poets fought as hoplites.

Many artists, amateur and professional, perform in situations where a full band / orchestra is either logistically or financially impractical, so they use a " karaoke " recording ; they are, however, the original artists.

Many artists have cited Schwitters as a major influence, including Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, Damien Hirst, Al Hansen, and Arman.

Many unknown but also known artists such as Thierry Noir and Keith Haring painted on the Wall, the “ World's longest canvas ”.