Platform may refer to:
Technology
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Computing platform
A computing platform or digital platform is an environment in which a piece of software is executed. It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser and associated application programming interfaces, or other underlying s ...
, a framework on which applications may be run
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Platform game, a genre of video games
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Car platform
A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components, over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but somewhat related, marques. It is prac ...
, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
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Weapons platform, a system or structure that carries weapons
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Web platform The Web platform is a collection of technologies developed as open standards by the World Wide Web Consortium and other standardization bodies such as the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, the Unicode Consortium, the Internet Engin ...
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Platform economy (or
Platform capitalism,
Platformization
The platform economy is economic and social activity facilitated by platforms. Such platforms are typically online sales or technology frameworks. By far the most common type are "transaction platforms", also known as "digital matchmakers". Example ...
), a structure of internet business
Physical objects and features
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Carbonate platform
A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonic calcareous deposits. Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms (usually microb ...
, a type of sedimentary body
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Cargo platform
A pallet (also called a skid) is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a Loader (equipment), front loader, a Jack (mechanical), jacking device, or an erect cran ...
, a pallet used to ship cargo and heavy machines by forklift or manual lift
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Diving platform, used in diving
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Jumping platform
A jumping platform is a naturally occurring or human-made surface for people to jump from. It is usually situated above a body of water, or above mats, a box-spring mattress, piles of empty cardboard boxes, or other soft landing surfaces, or they ...
, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ''ad hoc'' way for cliff jumping
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Oil platform
An oil platform (or oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, and similar terms) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platfor ...
, a structure built for oil production
* Platform, a component of
scaffolding
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Platform (geology)
In geology, a platform is a continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation. Platforms, shields and the basem ...
, the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks
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Platform (shopping center) Platform is a community shopping center in Culver City, on the Westside of Los Angeles. Platform consists of about of retail and restaurant space and of creative and office space, in a group of three-story buildings on Washington Boulevard near t ...
in Culver City, Greater Los Angeles, California
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Theatre platform, a standard piece of theatrical scenery
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Platform mound, an earthwork intended to support a structure or activity
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Platform shoe, a kind of shoe with a thick sole
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Railway platform
A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms.
The world's longest station platform is at Hubbali ...
, an area at a railway station to alight from/embark on trains or trams
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Airport apron
The airport apron, apron, flight line, ramp, or tarmac is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained. Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations, such as lighting on vehic ...
, the area on an airport where aircraft are parked
Politics
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Party platform
A political party platform (US English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British & often Commonwealth English) is a formal set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order ...
, a list of principles held by a political party
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Platform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a left-wing political party
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Platformism, a form of anarchist organization that seeks unity from its participants
Arts
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Platform (art group), an interdisciplinary art group that researches the oil industry
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Platform (Australian art group), an artists group based in Melbourne
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''Platform'' (2000 film), a 2000 film by Jia Zhangke
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''Platform'' (1993 film), a 1993 Bollywood action film
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''Platform'' (novel), a 2001 novel by Michel Houellebecq
* "Platforms", a song by M.I.A. from ''
AIM''
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Platform release
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Limited theatrical release is a film distribution strategy of releasing a new film in a few theaters across a country, typically art house theaters in major metropolitan markets. Since 1994, a limited theatrical release in the United ...
, a gradual film distribution strategy
Other
* Platform conodonts, a type of
conodont
Conodonts (Greek ''kōnos'', "cone", + ''odont'', "tooth") are an extinct group of agnathan (jawless) vertebrates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, which ...
s with highly evolved feeding elements
* Economic platform, an intermediary in a
two-sided market
A two-sided market, also called a two-sided network, is an intermediary economic platform having two distinct user groups that provide each other with network benefits. The organization that creates value primarily by enabling direct interactions ...
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Platform (business model), a business model that creates value by facilitating exchanges between two or more interdependent groups
See also
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The Platform (disambiguation) The Platform may refer to:
*The Platform (film), ''The Platform'' (film), a Spanish horror film
*The Platform (TV series), ''The Platform'' (TV series), an Emirati TV series
*The Platform (album), ''The Platform'' (album), a hip-hop album by the gr ...
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Platforming (disambiguation)
Platforming may refer to:
* A catalytic reforming process
* The mechanics of a platform game
A platform game (often simplified as platformer and sometimes called a jump 'n' run game) is a sub-genre of action video games in which the core objecti ...
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