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Runtime

Software applications which involve distinct authoring and reading/viewing stages often have separate components to facilitate each. Once a work has been created, it must be distributed in a form which others can access. This may be done in one of three ways:

The term "runtime" is used to describe those components which must be distributed with the completed work.

Companies sometimes require remuneration for distributing a work created in their application. Payment methods vary from a one-time unlimited runtime license (Folio VIEWS), to charges per runtime (SmarText), to royalties (HyperTies).


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