(law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. / Something inherited from a predecessor or the past. / (education) The descendant of an alumnus.

Left over from the past; no longer current.

plural of legacy

A student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university) primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution.

(computing) An old computer system or application program that continues to be used because the user (typically an organization) does not want to replace or redesign it.

(computing) Source code that relates to an obsolete operating system or other obsolete technology.

plural of legacy system

(computer hardware, of a personal computer) Lacking certain older components such as a floppy disk drive, legacy ports, and ISA or other expansion bus.

plural of legacy student

(law) An amount to be paid to an heir out of a particular named fund.