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ricky
ricky

Reputation: 2801

what is the difference between virtual platform and real platform

I have a application running on my system(pc) which has OS windows 7, if I run the same application in a virtual machine on VMWare running Windows 7 OS. Here are my questions:

  1. If my application is running on my system what is platform here? I mean what is the name of platform?

  2. If my application is running on virtual machine platform vmwAre, where I can see the platform?

  3. What is the difference between platform and OS?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4127

Answers (2)

Salman Siddiqui
Salman Siddiqui

Reputation: 374

The word "Platform" is market-speak which is leaking into tech-speak; perhaps via your question ;)

My understanding of the word platform is that it comprises all of the components mentioned by you. Which means hardware+OS+Application Software nad sometimes +network is called a platform.

For example; a Web Development platform consists of a Web Server, an Application Server, A Development IDE (or whatever) and perhaps a Code Repository/sub-versioning system.

The Virtual Machine or the Operating system are just components of a Platform.

YMMV - Others may have different understanding of the word. No warranties expressed or implied :)

Upvotes: 0

home
home

Reputation: 12538

What is the difference between platform and OS?

I cannot think of an official definition for platform. Platform can mean different things to different people depending on the context:

  1. you can create applications for .net platform which may imply you're using Windows, but not the version (you may use mono on Linux as well)
  2. the Java platform provides a basis for Java application, but does not tell you anything about JDK version, middleware products, etc
  3. storage plaforms like SAN, NAS, etc
  4. Virtualization platforms may consist of several components: hardware, storage, host OS, guest OS, etc.

Given your question I'd use the term platform as 'something above the OS':

Physical platform: Windows 7 + physical h/w

Virtual platform: VMWare + host OS + guest OS (Windows 7) + phyiscal h/w + virtual h/w

my 0.02 $

Upvotes: 1

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