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- adjective computing Of software, etc., designed to work on various
operating systems .
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Examples
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Again, it's part of the idea of cross-platform tools where designers or developers create something once and then produce output for multiple devices.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Stephen Shankland 2011
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Her piece focused on the movie's marketing, described as a "cross-platform, trans-media campaign" involving "social media game play".
The Guardian World News Sady Doyle 2011
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Apple's own iBook reader app may be nauseatingly pretty, but it's not a patch on Amazon's Kindle, which, far from being just a standalone machine, is a surprisingly nifty cross-platform "cloud" system that lets you read books on a variety of devices, including the iPhone and iPad.
I don't hate Macs, but they do give me a syncing feeling | Charlie Brooker 2011
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The emergence of new formats – such as cross-platform documentary "projects" such as #18DaysInEgypt – could redefine the traditional role of documentary-maker and they could also help solve some of the pitfalls of using social media to gather footage.
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Development in cross-platform environment is an asset.
Disney to Close Robert Zemeckis’ Mo-Cap Studio ImageMovers Digital in 2011 | /Film 2010
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The overall trend in the tech community, both devs and users, is towards open, free, cross-platform use.
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And I can't claim to be tuned in to insider info at Apple (although no one is), but I have never heard of Apple considering making such a tool -- as it would require cross-browser, cross-platform support to have any impact.
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#18DaysInEgypt is the result: an evolving, crowd-sourced, cross-platform documentary set up by Mehta; Yasmin Elayat, a New York-based interaction designer and software developer; and Alaa Al Dajani, a documentary-maker born and raised in Egypt.
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Adobe has just about the worst security record for malicious, cross-platform exploits and for responding to reports in a timely manner (viz., the recent very late Acrobat patch).
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The static novel is being assailed by video books (I hate the term "vook"), multimedia cross-platform stories, ARGs, video games, augmented reality, and more.
Howard Hughes is Allergic to the Stupid readingthedark 2010
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