Platform

Platform may refer to:

Physical objects and features

• Diving platform, used in competitive diving
• Jumping platform, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumping
• Oil platform, a structure built for oil production
• Platform (geology), the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks
  • Carbonate platform, a type of sedimentary body
  • Platform cover, the sedimentary deposits that lie on top of the craton's platform
• Platform mound, an earthwork intended to support a structure or activity
• Platform shoe, a kind of shoe with a thick sole
• Platform (theatre), a standard piece of theatrical scenery
• Railway platform, an area at a train station to alight from/embark on trains or trams
• A swimming pool platform, from which bathers jump

Politics

• Party platform, a list of principles held by a political party
  • Platformism, in anarchist politics, the tradition of Nestor Makhno's Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists
• Platform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a left-wing political party

Technology

• Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run
• Facebook Platform, a set of APIs provided by Facebook
• Platform game, a genre of video games
• Platform technology, a technology that enables the creation of products and processes that support present or future development

Arts

• Platform (art group), an interdisciplinary art group that researches the oil industry
• Platform (2000 film), a 2000 film by Jia Zhangke
• Platform (1993 film), a 1993 Bollywood action film
• Platform (novel), a 2001 novel by Michel Houellebecq

Business

• Platform Computing, a privately held software company recently acquired by IBM

Other

• Automobile platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
• Platform (economics), an intermediary between two or more sides of a market