Platforms: Hosts and Targets, Tools and SDKs

platforms.txt

Terminology
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1. Platform - The combination of Operating System, Kernel, Tools and Runtime, and/or specific hardware device.
2. Desktop Platform - Typical computer with mouse & keyboard
3. Mobile Platform - Cell Phone, Touch Pad or other similar portable device
4. Host Platform - The platform on which the product is built. 
5. Target Platform - The platform on which the product runs.
6. Target Runtime Library - The main "C" library for which the product is compiled.

host
target
runtime

Host Platforms:
  windows,
  cygwin,
  mingw,
  osx,
  linux

When the Host is different than the Target, then we call this cross-compiling: For example OSX compiling iOS code.

Platforms:
  Desktop:
    windows
    osx
    linux
  Mobile:
    ios
    android
    webos
    bbx

host:
  The platform on which the product is built

target:
  The platform on which the product runs

"Platform" is the set of os, kernel, tools, runtime to build or run a product.
"Host" is the platform on which the product is built.
"Target" is the platform on which the product runs.
"Runtime" is