Omni Functional Platform
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Omni-Functional Platforms are hardware
Hardware
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores....

 or software environments that have functionalties that replace large sets of applications into a single interface .

Such platforms morph into specific functionality or functionalities that the user requires within a seamless interface
User interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...

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Software architectures

Web services based on common platform-neutral standards such as HTTP and XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

, allow the Web service
Web service
A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...

 to be integrated into any web site or application regardless of which platform they are running. Such service provider node can let its services be easily used any time and anywhere through the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

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On the contrary, an application
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...

 or a web site can integrate as many web services inside it as possible to become an omni-functional product without knowing the implementation details behind those web services.
Software platforms that are omni-functional tend to be aspect centric than data-centric .

Enterprise software like SAP
SAP ERP
The SAP ERP application is an integrated enterprise resource planning software manufactured by SAP AG that targets business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors...

 is sometimes called as Omni-Functional Platforms . Another web-based software technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 that demonstrates Omni Functionality is ZCubes
ZCubes
ZCubes is free web-based software that is intended for the creation of documents including web pages, web sites, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, albums, and portals.-Overview:...

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In OOP
OOP
-Science and technology:* Object-oriented programming, a computer programming paradigm* Object-oriented positioning, another name for feature-oriented positioning in microscopy...

 paradigm, Omni-Functional Classes are considered to be classes that take the nature of many aspect as against Mono Functional classes.

Hardware architectures

Hardware platforms like Omni-Functional Network Environments (ONE) , provide wide range of services through a single device
Computer hardware
Personal computer hardware are component devices which are typically installed into or peripheral to a computer case to create a personal computer upon which system software is installed including a firmware interface such as a BIOS and an operating system which supports application software that...

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