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Asked: 2026-05-24T15:34:32+00:00

I have a application running on my system(pc) which has OS windows 7, if

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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?

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    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 $

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