Platform

       A computer system, where a program can run. I might write a battleships program, meant to be installed on a Windows PC - so now I'm writing for the platform Windows. Similarly I can write a program, using javascript, tested in Internet Explorer - now I'm writing to the platform IE.
       Some programs exist on most platforms, so programs written in these languages are platform independent. Some home pages are carefully written, so they look the same in all browsers, thereby being platform independent.

Concept last updated: 15/09 2003.

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