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An OS is never machine dependent, meaning that is can run on multiple machines. It can be however architecture or platform dependent, meaning that it runs on specific types of machines only (e.g.: Intel, AMD64, PPC etc.)

There are few OS's who can claim to be platform independent in that they can run (perhaps with some minor adaptations) on any platform that satisfies some rather general criteria (related to computing power, availability of a compiler etc.).

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