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MULTI-PLATEFORME [4 records]

Record 1 2022-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
CONT

The ... multiplatform software ... works on various operating systems or devices ... When an application runs on more than one platform, the user can use the software on a wider variety of devices and computers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
Key term(s)
  • logiciel multi-plateforme
  • logiciel multiplate-forme
  • logiciel multi-plate-forme

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

It [is] important to have or use a product that is cross-platform so that it can work with a wide variety of devices. If security keys are cross-platform[,] a user can use one key across all their devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Matériel informatique
Key term(s)
  • multi-plateforme
  • multiplate-forme
  • multi-plate-forme

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

A platform is an environment that executes programming codes. As a result, there are two main types of platforms: hardware [and] software. Hence, a cross-platform is an actionable code that functions on various platforms without crucial changes.

Key term(s)
  • multi-platform

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Matériel informatique
Key term(s)
  • multiplate-forme
  • multi-plateforme
  • multi-plate-forme

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
Key term(s)
  • multi platform environment
  • multiplatform environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
OBS

plateforme : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • environnement multiplateforme
  • environnement multi-plate-forme
  • environnement multiplate-forme

Spanish

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