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Everything about Computing platform
Environment in which a piece of software is executed
A computing platform, digital platform, or software platform is the infrastructure on which software is executed. While the individual components of a computing platform may be obfuscated under layers of abstraction, the summation of the required components comprise the computing platform. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Computing platformA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A versatile single-photon-based quantum computing platformInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Reverse DesignThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing PlatformsCited 34,773 times
- Go sideways: Cross-platform softwareA closely related topic
- Go sideways: W^XA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms
3D Slicer as an image computing platform for the Quantitative Imaging Network
The Perseus computational platform for comprehensive analysis of (prote)omics data
The MaxQuant computational platform for mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteomics
Cloud computing and emerging IT platforms: Vision, hype, and reality for delivering computing as the 5th utility
🆕 Influential since 2022
A versatile single-photon-based quantum computing platform
A manufacturable platform for photonic quantum computing
Transmon platform for quantum computing challenged by chaotic fluctuations
Scalable Photonic Platform for Real-Time Quantum Reservoir Computing
An automated DNA computing platform for rapid etiological diagnostics
📚 Books worth reading
Reverse DesignPatrick Holleman · 2018
Cross-platform development in C++Syd Logan · 2007
Free PascalMichaël van Canneyt, Florian Klämpfl · 2000
Professional Java EE Design PatternsMurat Yener, Alex Theedom · 2014
Java And Flex Integration BibleMatthew Keefe · 2009
Programming for PaaSLucas Carlson · 2013- 📕Building Industrial Digital TwinsShyam Varan Nath, Pieter Van Schalkwyk · 2021
Programming assembler languageAbel, Peter · 1979
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