Native

"Native" is a term that can have different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Here are explanations of "native" in various contexts:

1. Native Language: Your native language, also known as your mother tongue, is the language you learn from birth or early childhood, typically the language spoken at home. It's the language you are most proficient in and feel most comfortable expressing yourself in.
2. Native People or Indigenous People: Native people, also called indigenous people, are the original inhabitants of a specific region or land. They have a long historical and cultural connection to that area, often predating the arrival of other groups or settlers.
3. Native Software or Application: Native software or applications are programs specifically designed to run on a particular platform or operating system. For example, a native Android app is built to work on Android devices, and a native iOS app is designed for Apple's iOS operating system.
4. Native Species: In ecology and biology, native species are plants, animals, or organisms that naturally occur and have evolved in a particular region or ecosystem. These species are adapted to the local environment and are an integral part of the ecosystem.
5. Native Advertising: Native advertising is a type of advertising that blends in with the content or platform where it's placed. It is designed to look like natural content rather than traditional advertising, making it less intrusive and more engaging for the audience.
6. Native Resolution: Native resolution refers to the default or optimal resolution at which a display device, such as a computer monitor or television, is designed to operate. Setting a display to its native resolution usually results in the best image quality.

Native may refer to:

People

• Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth
• Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
  • Native Americans (disambiguation)

In arts and entertainment

• Native (band), a French R&B band
• Native (comics), a character in the X-Men comics universe
• Native (album), a 2013 album by OneRepublic
• Native (2016 film), a British science fiction film
• The Native, a Nigerian music magazine

In science

• Native (computing), software or data formats supported by a certain system
• Native language, the language(s) a person has learned from birth
• Native metal, any metal that is found in its metallic form, either pure or as an alloy, in nature
• Native species, a species whose presence in a region is the result of only natural processes

Other uses

• Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education (NATIVE), a technology school district in the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation

See also

• Aborigine (disambiguation)
• Autochthon (disambiguation)
• Indigenous (disambiguation)
• Nativism (disambiguation)
• Nativity (disambiguation)