Power Macintosh: What Does Native Mean (5/94)

This article describes what Native means when referring to Native Power Macintosh applications.

First for some definitions.

* Native application, is an application whose executable code is in the
instruction set architecture of the CPU.

* PowerPC Native application, is an application that contains code only for
a PowerPC microprocessor.

* 680x0 Native application, is an application that contains code only for a
680x0 microprocessor.

Since the Power Macintosh provides 68LC040 emulation for application compatibility, native or native application came to mean executable code, both system routines and third-party software, which runs on the hardware CPU, a PowerPC 601 microprocessor. It distinguishes between software running in emulation, and software running on the hardware.

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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012