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block{{see also|Native and foreign format}}
{{Short description|In computing, software or data-formats designed to run on a particular operating system}}
In [[computing]], '''native''' software or data-formats are those that were designed to run on a particular [[operating system]]. In a more technical sense, native code is code written specifically for a certain [[Processor (computing)|processor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searchapparchitecture.techtarget.com/definition/native-code|title=What is native code? - Definition from WhatIs.com|website=SearchAppArchitecture|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> In contrast, [[cross-platform software]] can be run on multiple operating systems and/or [[Instruction set|computer architecture]]s.