And a final word in this section, concerning computer platforms . A computer platform is a general type of computer, such as Macintosh, Unix or Windows. The four roles of user, author, administrator and programmer each have their own platform. The CGI program runs on the Web Server, not on the user or author computer. The user and author computers do not have to be compatible with the CGI program.
Browsers are available for virtually all platforms.
Web author platform. Authoring tools are available for virtually all platforms. Web Site platforms. FLS must run on a Windows-based Web Server using the Windows CGI interface. Web programmer platforms.