Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.

Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.

Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.

NATIVE is a project aimed at producing a version of the C# language compiler which omits native-code for various OS platforms. NATIVE does not target the CLI or use the CLR.

A term used to identify software that runs only on a particular platform.

Keyword indicating that a method must be implemented using code native to the platform on which the virtual machine is executing, rather than within the virtual machine itself.

Refers to software that has been compiled for a specific platform.

Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"

normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"

Native organs are those organs we have at birth. The distinction is made between native organs and transplanted organs. Sometimes the native organs remain in the body even though a transplanted organ is surgically implanted.

Refers to software that has been specifically compiled for a particular processor. For example, the Pentium can run software designed for the x86 architecture faster than existing x86 computers like the 486; however, the software must be recompiled to take full advantage of the Pentium's superscalar architecture.

Software written specifically to run on a particular processor. Also, the file format in which an application normally saves it documents. The native format is generally readable only by that application (other programs can sometimes translate it using filters). [San Diego State University

Not counting, or prior to applying, any of: scaling, upconversion, downconversion, encoding, decodiing, modulation, demodulation, etc. For example the native resolution of "720p HDTV" is 720 pixels high by 1280 pixels wide but a particular TV set with a native 4:3 aspect ratio resolution of 640 by 480 on an LCD panel can convert a 720p 16:9 program to fit by displaying half the program's resolution horizontally and vertically, 640 by 360.

a native application is optimized for and takes advantage of a particular processor. In the context of the Macintosh, a native application is optimized for the PowerPC chip. In the context of Wintel PCs, a native application is optimized for 32-bit processing under Windows 95 and/or Windows NT. See non-native, emulation, Fat Binary.

As in Native file system or PowerMac Native. This term is used to refer to the specific machines standard way of doing something. The Native file system of a operating system is the file system that the operating system has built in.

Something is a standard component of a computer system, such as a native file system or a native protocol.

usually refers to software that is written to take advantage of the newer types of processor chips in the PowerMacs (e.g. SoundApp PPC is a native application). Also used to refer to a file belonging to a specific application (e.g. a Signalyze-native file will have a Signalyze icon)

Native file system of PowerMac.

A term used by astrologers to refer to the person for whom a chart is drawn.

A term sometimes used by astrologers to refer to the person for whom a reading is being given.

A traditional term that refers to a person for whom a horoscope is erected.

Characters in a character set that belong to the character set traditionally defined for the writing system of that font. For example, a Hebrew font can display both Hebrew characters and Roman characters. The Hebrew characters are native to the font and the script system; the Roman characters are not.

non-player character (aka: NPC); all computer controlled characters in Atriarch are referred to as Natives. (see also: Character)

The Native is a Marvel Comics character. She first appeared in Wolverine vol. 3 #13, and was created by Greg Rucka and Darick Robertson.

A term used to refer generally to Aboriginal peoples. The term "Aboriginal person" is preferred to "native".

being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

"Native" is a word similar in meaning to "Aboriginal." "Native peoples" is a collective term to describe the descendants of the original peoples of North America.