Microsoft developed the RTF document file format in the year 1987. Microsoft used the RTF document file format for their products and for multi-platform document interchange.
No, the SWF file is a Flash player file. Any flash player can play it.
it means to develop software for, or running software on, more than one type of hardware platform!
Because you can write software to read the documents on other platforms. The current existence or absence of software for reading and creating the documents does not affect whether or not the specification is platform-independent. The internet is platform-independent, for instance, regardless of the fact that I can't access it on my Commodore 64. OpenDocument Format (a competing document format) is also cross-platform with an open specification, but there is not (and probably never will be) software for reading it on MS-DOS.
Phone virus' normally work on the mobile application platform know as .jar format where computer virus' work on the .exe format which is an application designed for the use of windows computers they are similar yet different because of the variety of platforms available
Both iTunes and Garageband will convert WAV of AIFF files to MP3 format. Each of these are free on a Mac platform. I don't know if they are free for PCs.
file format makes the multimedia program become quickly to be read in many platform and this will makes the work easy.
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.
Java source code is compiled into .class files, which are used by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The format of the .class file is the same for all platforms, and so the source code can be compiled the same way on each platform. The JVM, however, needs to be written to run on a specific platform. This is the part which converts Java bytecode to native bytecode, and is why you need to download the JRE (which contains the JVM) for a specific platform. Java source code is compiled into .class files, which are used by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The format of the .class file is the same for all platforms, and so the source code can be compiled the same way on each platform. The JVM, however, needs to be written to run on a specific platform. This is the part which converts Java bytecode to native bytecode, and is why you need to download the JRE (which contains the JVM) for a specific platform.
According to Microsoft:Office 2008 for Mac is forward, backward, and cross-platform compatible. (see links below)But in the real world many users find selecting an older format to save there work in increases the chances of cross platform compatibility.
Criss Angel is an Illusionist, not a magician. His tricks are always set up. His famous 'Water Walking' illusion was set up with a glass pathway just below the water level. He had swimmers in there swimming under the platform. It's all a big setup just like the rest of his tricks.
Go stand on that platform. What is his political platform? How is that platform assembled?