architecture neutral distribution format

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architecture neutral distribution format - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Architecture Neutral Distribution Format
  ANDF
  
     <programming, operating system> (ANDF) An emerging OSF
     standard for software distribution.  Programs are compiled
     into ANDF before distribution and executables are produced
     from it for the local target system.  This allows software to
     be developed and distributed in a single version then
     installed on a variety of hardware.
  
     See also UNCOL.
  
     ["Architecture Neutral Distribution Format: A White Paper",
     Open Software Foundation, Nov 1990].
  
     (1995-10-20)