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====== Platform ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Platform provides a managed combination of infrastructure, software, services, interfaces, policies, controls, and operational capabilities that supports the execution, deployment, or management of applications and workloads.

A Platform may include computing, storage, networking, operating systems, runtime services, orchestration, security services, monitoring, identity services, configuration mechanisms, and management interfaces.

A Platform differs from infrastructure alone. Infrastructure supplies foundational resources, while a Platform organizes and exposes those resources through defined capabilities and operational mechanisms.

A Platform may operate within a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:cloud_environment|Cloud Environment]], [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:on-premises_environment|On-Premises Environment]], [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:h:hybrid_environment|Hybrid Environment]], or [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:air-gapped_environment|Air-Gapped Environment]].

===== Definition =====

//managed combination of infrastructure, software, services, interfaces, policies, controls, and operational capabilities that supports the execution, deployment, or management of applications and workloads//

===== Source =====

Generalized from systems architecture, platform engineering, cloud computing, and software infrastructure usage and specialized for the Crucible architecture and operational model.

===== Note =====

A Platform may support one application, multiple applications, one organization, or multiple organizational domains.

The term does not prescribe a specific technology, provider, deployment model, or ownership arrangement.

===== Example =====

A Kubernetes Platform combines compute instances, networking, storage, container orchestration, identity, monitoring, security controls, and management services to support deployed workloads.

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