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Platform is a group of technologies that provide a base for other other applications, processes or technologies are developed. In many ways they can act as an accelerated to meet the requirements of the application, program or system.

There are different kinds of platforms, for example:

• Operating System Platforms
• Web Service Platforms
• Database Management Platforms
• Runtime Platforms
• Language Platforms

DIDO platforms are a combination of operating system, runtime, language platforms and the specific DIDO software (i.e., Ethereum, Hyperledger, Itota, etc.).

Figure 1: Platforms “host” components designed to work with the Platform.