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Title: Difference Between "Platform" and "Protocol"?
Post by: 92iceman on August 21, 2017, 06:01:23 AM
Really appreciate if someone could give a definition of those terms, and how they differ. I see them used interchangeably.

Thanks!


Title: Re: Difference Between "Platform" and "Protocol"?
Post by: CHRISBIN702 on September 12, 2017, 03:33:18 AM
Protocol is the official procedure or system of rules governing the communication or activities of programs and/or industries.

Platform refers to the technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications, processes or technologies are developed.

A computer is a platform. The languages it uses to communicate with software are the protocol. I'm not a programmer though. Just a Google user.


Title: Re: Difference Between "Platform" and "Protocol"?
Post by: Stingraider on September 13, 2017, 01:21:43 PM
think a platform as a software, such as bitcointalk.org - that's a platform
protocol is more like a theory, or theorytical model which a platform can be based on