multi-osengineering

noun
UK /ˌmʌltiˌəʊɛnʤɪˈnɪərɪŋ/
US /ˌmʌltiˌoʊɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ/

Multi-OS engineering is when people make one computer program work on many different kinds of computers.

The game studio used multi-OS engineering so their app could run on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

SYNONYMS

cross-platform developmentmulti-platform engineeringplatform-agnostic developmentcross-system engineering

RELATED WORDS

portabilitycompatibilitycross-compilationabstraction layersoftware framework

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The practice of designing hardware or firmware that supports several operating systems at once.

The laptop's multi-OS engineering lets users boot either Windows or a Linux distribution.

3. A team discipline focused on testing and maintaining software across multiple operating system environments.

Her role in multi-OS engineering involves running the test suite on every supported OS each release.

4. The process of building shared codebases that adapt to different OS-specific APIs and conventions.

Through multi-OS engineering, the developers kept one codebase while handling file paths differently per system.