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💻 Directly supported 🌱 Inherently
natively

natively

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Work directly on a computer or phone without extra programs
  • adverb
  • /ˈneɪtɪvli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : nativamente
  • Linux does not natively run Windows applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Microsoft Edge.
  • natively supported
  • run natively
  • work natively

Microsoft Teams is now built into Windows natively.

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Examples

  • Hopefully, Metro apps could be run on the new core natively.

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  • In general, iPhone software runs natively rather than on a virtual machine (e.g., Dalvik VM), resulting in faster execution and smoother animation.

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  • However, something that just runs out of the box and runs natively is great.

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  • You can actually game natively at what you could do with DLSS before.

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  • Apple is saying to use our framework natively or use an open W3C standard.

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  • H.264 will be supported natively by most new graphics cards.

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  • Good news: Fruux natively supports task-list synchronization and sharing.

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  • JavaScript doesn't need an AOT compiler; it's natively supported in every browser.

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  • Newer versions of Windows can natively handle ZIP files in Windows Explorer.

  • The unit natively supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio, too.

Surface Forms

natively positive

Morphology

natively = native (transparent) = native + ly

Although used in a technical sense ('supported directly by the OS/hardware'), this usage is an extension of 'native' meaning 'inherent' and remains derivable from the base plus '-ly'.

Etymology

Natively comes from the Latin word natus, 'born'. In technology, saying software runs natively is like saying it was 'born' for that system, so it works directly there without another program to change it.