Google Native Client

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Also known as NaCl · PPAPI

Developer: Google
Founded: September 16, 2011
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1.“Google's Native Client goes live in Chrome”theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/native_client_debuts_in_chrome/Retrieved 2016-08-06
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Latest version: 49
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1.developer.chrome.com/native-client/sdk/release-notes#chrome-pepper-49
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Written in: C
, C++
License: 3-clause BSD License
Operating system: cross-platform
Website: developer.chrome.com/docs/native-client

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Google Native Client (NaCl) is a discontinued sandboxing technology for running either a subset of Intel x86, ARM, or MIPS native code, or a portable executable, in a sandbox. Google Chrome and other Chromium-based web browsers incorporated NaCl to safely run native code within web apps and browser extensions, largely independent of the user operating system and at near-native speeds. This capability was imperative for Google's plans for ChromeOS as a general-purpose computing platform. NaCl was also used for securing browser plugins, like Adobe Flash Player, and parts of other applications or full applications such as ZeroVM.

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Platforms: x86
x86-64
ARM architecture released: March 2010
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1.“Native Client support on ARM”blog.chromium.org/2013/01/native-client-support-on-arm.htmlRetrieved 2016-08-08
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MIPS architecture
Has use: sandbox
Copyright status: copyrighted

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