What is Platform Independence ?

In this word 'platform independence' platform refers to the operating system. If a software is said to be platform dependent then it means that the software can run on a single platform only.

And if you want to run the same software code on another platform then it will not run. 

Whereas platform independent software can run on different operating systems. Only single code can run on different operating systems.

For example. 

        Java is platform independent. It means that the software made in Java can run on multiple platforms. 

        There are a number of software technologies that can help to make platform independent software for multiple operating systems.