The term "native" can have many different social and political connotations, in different contexts. In some cases it is a neutral, descriptive term—as in stating that one is a native of a particular city or that a certain language is one's native language. However, in the context of colonialism Colonialism is the building and maintaining of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. Colonialism is a process whereby sovereignty over the colony is claimed by the metropole and social structure, government and economics within the territory of the colony are changed by the colonists. Colonialism is a certain set of unequal—in particular, British colonialism—the term "natives", as applied to the inhabitants of colonies, assumed a disparaging and patronising sense, implying that the people concerned were incapable of taking care of themselves and in need of Europeans to administer their lives;[citation needed] therefore, these people resent the use of the term and consider it insulting, and at present Europeans usually avoid using it. This connotation has also lead to controversy over the preference of the terms Native American or American Indians, though this controversy has resulted in either term being acceptable to most American Indians.[1]. And in the context of Nativism Nativism favors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. It may also include the re-establishment or perpetuation of such individuals or their culture, in some periods a potent political force, "natives" are defined as a (predominantly white) group deserving of a special privileged position in comparison to immigrants.
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Other common uses
"Native" may also refer to:
- A concept pertaining to computer software At some fundamental level, all computers have a 'core' which takes care of the primary processing. Instructions, originally written in some high level language, finally get broken down into machine code and executed
- Native (band) Native is a French R&B band. In 1994, they won a Victoires de la musique award for most promising group of the year. They featured on a the track, Who The F*** Is This on the album Bubba Sparxxx & The Muddkatz - New South: The Album B4 The Album Mixtape , a contemporary French R&B band
- Native metal A native metal is any metal that is found in its metallic form, either pure or as an alloy, in nature. Metals that can be found as native deposits include bismuth, cadmium, chromium, indium, iron, nickel, tellurium, tin, titanium, and zinc, as well as two groups of metals: the gold group, and the platinum group. The gold group consists of gold,
- Native (comics) The Native is a Marvel Comics character. She first appeared in Wolverine vol. 3 #13, and was created by Greg Rucka and Darick Robertson, a character in the X-Men comics universe
Nationality and language
- Native language A first language is the language a human being learns from birth. The term is also used for the language that the speaker speaks best. In either case, a person's first language is a basis for sociolinguistic identity and Native speaker A first language is the language a human being learns from birth. The term is also used for the language that the speaker speaks best. In either case, a person's first language is a basis for sociolinguistic identity (as opposed to foreign language A foreign language is a language not spoken by the people of a certain place. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her. These two characterizations do not exhaust the possible definitions, however, and the and non-Native speaker)
- Native born In general, a native-born citizen of a country is a person who was born within the country's territory and has been legally recognized as that country's citizen from birth. In some countries, being a native-born citizen provides certain privileges and rights not afforded to naturalized or foreign-born citizens such as being able to hold certain (as opposed to foreign born Foreign born is a term used to describe a person born outside of their country of residence. Foreign born are often non-citizens, but are also frequently naturalized citizens of a country)
Native means living in the area where one was born whether an animal, mineral, or plant.
Ecology
- Biomass (ecology) Biomass, in ecology, is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass, which is the mass of all species in the community. It can include microorganisms, plants or animals. The mass can be expressed as the
- Endemism Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, habitat type, nation or other defined zone. To be endemic to a place or area means that it is found only in that part of the world and nowhere else
- Native plant Native plant is a term to describe plants endemic or naturalized to a given area in geologic time
- Permaculture Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in natural ecologies
- Wildcrafting Wildcrafting is the practice of harvesting plants from their natural, or "wild" habitat, for food, medicinal, or other purposes. It applies to uncultivated plants wherever they may be found, and is not necessarily limited to wilderness areas. Ethical considerations are often involved, such as protecting endangered species
Computing
- In computing, software has a native mode when it is written for a specific processor The Central Processing Unit or the processor is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions. This term has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s . The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed (see native on Wiktionary Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website).
- In computing, software has a native support when it is written for a specific Operating System An operating system is the software on a computer that manages the way different programs use its hardware, and regulates the ways that a user controls the computer. Operating systems are found on almost any device that contains a computer with multiple programs—from cellular phones and video game consoles to supercomputers and web servers. Some
See also
- Native Speaker A first language is the language a human being learns from birth. The term is also used for the language that the speaker speaks best. In either case, a person's first language is a basis for sociolinguistic identity, a book by Pee Lee
- Native Language Music Native Language Music was started as an independent contemporary jazz record label back in 1996 when Theo Bishop and Joe Sherbanee put together the beginnings of a musical partnership in sunny Southern California. Their intent, plainly put, was to make great music supporting great artists - artists that had their own unique musical style or ', a record label
- Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a species is defined as indigenous or native to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention. Every natural organism has its own natural range of distribution in which it is regarded as native. Outside this native range, a species may be introduced, species present by nature, not introduced
- Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are people, communities, and nations who claim a historical continuity and cultural affinity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies which sprung up on their original territories, and therefore consider themselves distinct from societies of the majority culture/s that have contested their cultural sovereignty and self-, sometimes referred to as "natives"
- Nativism (disambiguation)
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