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==Mobile devices: ARM architecture== | ==Mobile devices: ARM architecture== | ||
- | There is a much simpler instruction set called [ | + | There is a much simpler instruction set called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture ARM] and, because of its simplicity, many mobile devices use an ARM-based processor. (Note that "simpler" does not necessarily imply "better" or "worse" for the end user: ARM processors are typically smaller and thus easier to make.) This is true of devices that run Maemo. Because the instruction set is different, most applications that will run on a PC will not directly run on maemo without recompiling. Recompiling requires the original description of the application in some human-readable computer language (the [[:wikipedia:source code|source code]]) and this is not available for most commercial, proprietary applications (which are therefore referred to as ''closed source''). |
==Emulation== | ==Emulation== |
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