Platform

Platform may refer to:

Technology

• thePlatform, a web media delivery software company, now owned by Comcast
• Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run
• Platform game, a genre of video games
• Automobile platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
• Weapons platform, a system or structure that carries weapons

Physical objects and features

• Carbonate platform, a type of sedimentary body
• Cargo platform. A pallet used to ship cargo and heavy machines by forklift or manual lift.
• Diving platform, used in 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, a component of scaffolding
• Platform (geology), the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks
• Platform (shopping center) in Culver City, Greater Los Angeles, California
• Platform (theatre), a standard piece of theatrical scenery
• Platform mound, an earthwork intended to support a structure or activity
• Platform shoe, a kind of shoe with a thick sole
• Railway platform, an area at a railway station to alight from/embark on trains or trams
• Refining platform, catalytically cracking and reforming hydrocarbons
• Airport apron, the area on an airport where aircraft ar parked

Politics

• Party platform, a list of principles held by a political party
• Platform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a left-wing political party

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
• The Platform, a venue in Morecambe, England in the former Morecambe Promenade railway station building
• "Platforms", a song by M.I.A. from AIM

Other

• Platform conodonts, a type of conodonts with highly evolved feeding elements
• Economic platform, an intermediary in a two-sided market
• Platform (business model), a business model that creates value by facilitating exchanges between two or more interdependent groups