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Platform may refer to:
Technology[edit]
- Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run
- Platform game, a genre of video games
- Car platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
- Weapons platform, a system or structure that carries weapons
- Web platform
- Cryptocurrency exchange platform, a business or medium that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies for other assets
Physical objects and features[edit]
- 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
- Theatre platform, 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
- Airport apron, the area on an airport where aircraft are parked
Politics[edit]
- Party platform, a list of principles held by a political party
- Platform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a left-wing political party
- Platformism, a form of anarchist organization that seeks unity from its participants
Arts[edit]
- 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
- "Platforms", a song by M.I.A. from AIM
- Platform release, a gradual film distribution strategy
Other[edit]
- 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