ðɪ ˌæplɪkˈeɪʃən bᵻhˈeɪvz æt ɹˈʌntaɪm lˈaɪk ɪɾ ɪz dᵻɹˈɛktli ˈɪntɚfˌeɪsɪŋ wɪððɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl ˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪɾɪŋ sˈɪstəm ænd ˈɔːl ðə ɹᵻsˈoːɹsᵻz mˈænɪdʒd baɪ ɪt, bˌʌt kæn biː ˈaɪsəlˌeɪɾᵻd ɔːɹ sˈændbɑːkst tə vˈɛɹiɪŋ dᵻɡɹˈiːz.
The application behaves at runtime like it is directly interfacing with the original operating system and all the resources managed by it, but can be isolated or sandboxed to varying degrees.