<s>
Machine-dependent	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
is	O
software	O
that	O
runs	O
only	O
on	O
a	O
specific	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
multiple	O
computer	B-General_Concept
architectures	I-General_Concept
are	O
called	O
machine-independent	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
organisations	O
opt	O
for	O
such	O
software	O
because	O
they	O
believe	O
that	O
machine-dependent	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
is	O
an	O
asset	O
and	O
will	O
attract	O
more	O
buyers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deploying	O
machine-dependent	B-Architecture
applications	O
on	O
such	O
architectures	O
,	O
such	O
applications	O
require	O
porting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Java	B-Language
are	O
designed	O
so	O
that	O
applications	O
can	O
migrate	O
across	O
architectures	O
without	O
source	O
code	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
languages	O
offer	O
a	O
machine	B-Operating_System
independent	I-Operating_System
intermediate	O
code	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
processed	O
by	O
platform-specific	O
interpreters	O
to	O
address	O
incompatibilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transitional	O
representation	O
characterises	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
that	O
can	O
execute	O
all	O
modules	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
intermediate	O
dialect	O
.	O
</s>
