"Software written for it will run on whatever the underlying hardware is".
It takes full advantage of the underlying hardware.
The first provides an introduction to the underlying hardware technology, assembly, and configuration.
Computing is fast becoming a "cloud"—a collection of disembodied services accessible from anywhere and detached from the underlying hardware.
1) Kerberos V5 depends on the Y2K compliance of the underlying hardware and operating system on which is running.
Kerberos V4 depends on the Y2K compliance of the underlying hardware and operating system on which is running.
SDR is more than just an abstraction of the underlying hardware from the application.
Some years ago, when Oracle based its pricing on the performance of the underlying hardware, licensing fees leapt in line with soaring chip speed.
Fundamental performance limits of a computing system can be characterized using lower bounds on algorithms running atop these systems, and the physical limits of the underlying hardware.
In each case, delivering the performance of the underlying hardware requires novel approaches to the division of labor between hardware, the operating system kernel, and the application library.
They do so by mapping them into a domain-specific intermediary representation that abstracts from specifics of the underlying hardware architecture while providing low-level consistency guarantees.
