Azzanation said:
Quote: "a platform is any hardware or software used to host an application or service." |
"In IT, a platform is any hardware or software used to host an application or service. An application platform, for example, consists of hardware, an operating system and coordinating programs that use the instruction set for a particular processor or microprocessor. In this case, the platform creates a foundation that ensures object code will execute successfully."
You're just cherry picking a snippet of a single definition instead of looking at the overall consensus. Or the rest of the definition for that matter. Software that is running on hardware can be a platform in the same sense that a wheel on a car is a car. But only when paired up with the rest of the working parts. Remove a wheel from a car, and you've just got a wheel. It's no longer a car by itself. Remove the software from the hardware of a platform and you've just got software. It's no longer a platform by itself.
Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 14 April 2019
