nativeform

Nativeform is a term used to describe forms that are native to a system, language, or context, preserving original structure and semantics.

In computing, nativeform data refers to representations that use the platform's native encoding, byte order, and data types, so no conversion is needed when components share a common environment.

In software interfaces and input systems, nativeform can describe user input captured in the language and locale of the user, rather than after normalization or validation.

In linguistics, the term is sometimes used to denote the base or dictionary form of a word in its own language—the lemma or headword—used for analysis independent of inflection.

The term may appear in documentation or in discussions as a general concept rather than a formal standard; readers should refer to domain-specific definitions.