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Native (born in or indigenous)

An individual born in a specific country or an indigenous plant originating within an ecosystem.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Native code

Code developed directly for and compiled into the instruction set of a specific operating system or hardware architecture.

First in use: the 1990s

Native / Native (born in or indigenous) / Native code

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Locals vs. React Native.

Which meaning of Native is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Native (born in or indigenous) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Native code arrived in the 1990s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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