It is a transnational idea, in other words, which nevertheless has, obviously, certain specific applications depending on where it is.

这是一个跨国的概念，但是很明显，它也有其明确的地区性。

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And by that I mean, do the set of primitives support a broad range of applications, or is it really aimed at a very specific set of applications?

也就是说这个基本集合，是不是支持,比较多的程序，或者是不是面向,某一特定种类的程序的？

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