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Execution environments are the combination of hardware and software components that can be used to execute and support applications, typically comprising a processing unit, memory, input and output ports and an operating system. Because application execution requires an execution environment, applications are ultimately limited by any constraints placed onto them by their execution environment. Traditionally, computing is done in execution environments that not only permit the loading and execution of arbitrary programs but may also themselves be manipulated in arbitrary ways. As it is impossible for such environments to make any verifiable assertions as to their state, they are inherently untrustworthy.