This document discusses different types of online platforms and applications. It defines a platform as the combination of technologies that other applications and processes are built upon. It distinguishes between desktop and mobile applications. It then gives examples of how the internet serves as a collaboration, entrepreneurship, education, money transaction, and news/event platform. Finally, it discusses desktop, mobile, and web-based application platforms as well as online marketplace and social network platforms.

1. ONLINE
PLATFORM
AND
APPLICATION

2. -A PLATFORM IS A COMBINATION OF TECHNOLOGIES USE AS A
BASE UPON WHICH OTHER APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES, OR
TECHNOLOGIES ARE DEVELOPED. A COMPUTER PLATFORM
GENERALLY REFERS TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER
HARDWARE THAT RUNS IT. RUNNING WITHIN A PLATFORM ARE
APPS OR APPLICATION ( A TYPE OF SOFTWARE ) CREATED TO
ALLOW USERS TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS. DESKTOP
APPLICATIONS ARE SOFTWARES THAT RUN ON DESKTOP OR
LAPTOP COMPUTERS WHILE MOBILE APPLICATIONS ARE SOFTWARES
THAT RUN ON SOME PHONES AND OTHER MOBILE DEVICES.

3. INTERNET AS A COLLABORATION
PLATFORM
INTERNET OFFERS A RANGE OF ONLINE COLLABORATION
PLATFORM WHICH ENABLES PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER
COMMUNICATION IN PRICELESS, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT
MANNER. THIS PLATFORMS INCLUDES SENDING AND RECEIVING
E-MAILS, CHATS, VEDIO CONFERENCING, ONLINE CALLS,
CONTENT SHARING AND MANY MORE.

4. INTERNET AS AN ONLINE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLATFORM
USING THE INTERNET, A USER CAN BUILD HIS/HER ONLINE
BUSINESS AND CAN PERFORM AN ONLINE MARKETING SCHEME OF
THEIR PRODUCTS. EVEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE USED AS AN
ONLINE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLATFORM.

5. INTERNET AS AN EDUCATION
PLATFORM
OVER THE YEARS, INTERNET HAS BEEN USE FOR ONLINE RESEARCH
WHICH IS THE ONE OF THE VITAL PARTS OF EDUCATION. E-
LEARNING, DISTANCE LEARNING AND VIRTUAL CLASSROOM ALSO
EXIST IN THE WORLD OF EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET
AND TECHNOLOGY.

6. INTERNET AS AN ONLINE MONEY
TRANSACTION PLATFORM
INTERNET SUPPORTS A WIDE RANGE OF ONLINE MONEY
TRANSACTION SERVICES SUCH AS PAYPAL, ALERTPAY, SKRILL AND
THE LIKE, WHEREIN THE USER CAN SEND AND RECEIVE MONEY AT
THE CLICK OF A BUTTON.

7. INTERNET AS NEWS AND EVENT
PLATFORM
NEWS AND THE LATEST EVENTS CAN BE READ AND VIEWED
ONLINE WITH THE USE OF DIFFERENT PLATFORM SUCH AS SOCIAL
NETWORKING AND NEWS SITES, SUCH AS GOOGLE NEWS, MEDIA
EXPRESS, THE GUARDIAN, AND A LOT MORE.

8. APPLICATION
PLATFORM

9. DESKTOP PLATFORM APPLICATION-ARE KINDS OF APPLICATIONS
WHICH CAN RUN ON THE DESKTOP OPERATING SYSTEMS LIKE
MACOS, WINDOWS S, LINUX OS, ETC.

10. MOBILE PLATFORM APPLICATION-WHICH RUN ON MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS LIKE ANDROID OS, IOS, BLACKBERRY OS, ETC.

11. WEB-BASED PLATFORM APPLICATION- ARE THOSE TYPES OF
APPLICATION WHICH RUN ONLINE OR WE CAN SIMPLY SAY THAT THESE
APPLICATIONS ARE TYPES OF CLOUD COMPUTING.

12. ONLINE PLATFORM

13. • THE TWO MOST COMMON ONLINE PLATFORMS ARE MARKETPLACE AND
SOCIAL NETWORKS.
ONLINE MARKETPLACE-A PLATFORM THAT CONNECT BUYERS AND SELLERS OF
ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE, AND THEN SECURELY FACILITATES THE SALE
BETWEEN THEM, TAKING A PERCENTAGE FEE OR COMMISSION IN RETURN, FOR
EXAMPLE EBAY.
SOCIAL NETWORK-ALLOWS USERS TO CREATE PROFILES IN ORDER TO INTERACT
WITH OTHER USERS PROFILES. THE WEBSITE CAN THEN MAKE MONEY BY
CHARGING COMPANIES, TO WEBSITE CAN MAKE MONEY BY CHARGING
COMPANIES, TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS TO USERS ON THE WHO FIT CERTAIN

14. REPORTED BY:
GALO, CRISSALYN C.
POMIDA, MARJORE C.
BULA, APRIL JOY D.
SUBMITTED TO:
MRS. MELBA B. BIRJ