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Webopedia Term of the Day: Web as a platform

“Traditionally, software was developed for specific platforms,
such as Windows, Linux, or Mac OS. Today, developers build
Web-based applications that run on the Web, that are completely
independent of the user’s actual computer operating system. One of
the goals of Web 2.0 is to facilitate the use of the Web as a
development platform.”

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