Newton Glossary

An almost definitive guide to terms and trivia related to the Apple Newton.

Bytecode

The hardware independent instructions that are interpreted when a NewtonScript function executes.

Also defined as an intermediate language that requires a runtime program for execution. For example, NewtonScript is compiled into bytecode before being interpreted and executed by the NSM virtual machine.

Also referred to as Byte Code in some Newton programming documentation.

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