An operating system is said to be working in native mode if it is running directly on the hardware, rather than as a guest of another operating system (e.g., VM). Also used where software written for one hardware architecture is being run directly on the hardware, rather than under emulation on another hardware architecture.
The normal processing mode of the MPE XL operating system. Native mode applications are those that have been compiled in the native instruction set of the HP 3000 Series 900 computer.
The native run-time environment of MPE XL. In Native Mode source code has been compiled into the native instruction set of the 900 Series HP 3000.
A Windows 2000 mode used by domain controllers when there are no Windows NT domain controllers present on the network.
The condition in which all domain controllers within a domain are Windows 2000 domain controllers and an administrator has enabled native mode operation (through Active Directory Users and Computers). See also mixed mode.
A domain where all domain controllers in the domain have been upgraded to Windows 2000 and native mode has been enabled using the domain property page in the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in. Also see mixed mode. Domains must be operating in native mode for nested groups to be supported.
native mode - An operating mode of Exchange Server 2003 when the Exchange organization consists of only Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 servers. Servers running Exchange 5.5 and earlier versions cannot join an organization running in native mode.
The condition in which all domain controllers in the domain have been upgraded to Windows 2000 and an administrator has enabled native mode operation (through Active Directory Users and Computers). See also: Active Directory Users and Computers
using the computers original operating system; most commonly used when talking about the PowerPC can run software written for either the 80x0 systems, or the PowerPC¹s RISC code.
The term native mode is used in computing in two related senses.