Platform may refer to:
Arts
* Platform, an arts centre at
The Bridge, Easterhouse, Glasgow
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''Platform'' (1993 film), a 1993 Bollywood action film
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''Platform'' (2000 film), a 2000 film by Jia Zhangke
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The Platform'' (2019 film)
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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'' (novel), a 2001 novel by Michel Houellebecq
Physical objects and features
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Carbonate platform, a type of sedimentary body
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Cargo platform, 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, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ''ad hoc'' way for cliff jumping
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Oil platform, a structure built for oil production
* Platform, a component of
scaffolding
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Platform (geology), the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks
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Platform (shopping center) in Culver City, Greater Los Angeles, California
* 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, an area at a railway station to alight from/embark on trains or trams
Politics
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Party platform
A political party platform (American English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British and often Commonwealth English) is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, t ...
, a list of principles held by a political party
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Platform (Mali), an alliance of pro-government paramilitary groups in the Mali War
Technology
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Platform economy, a contemporary business model based upon apps and websites
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Computing platform
A computing platform, digital platform, or software platform is the infrastructure on which software is executed. While the individual components of a computing platform may be obfuscated under layers of abstraction, the ''summation of the requi ...
, a framework on which applications may be run
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Digital platform (infrastructure), a software-based online infrastructure that facilitates user interactions and transactions
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Platform game
A platformer (also called a platform game, and sometimes a jump 'n' run game) is a subgenre of action game in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are characterized by levels wi ...
, 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 weapons platform is generally any building, structure, vehicle or mechanism (engineering), mechanism on which a weapon can be installed (via various weapon mount, mounting mechanisms) for optimal stability and performance. The mounted weapons, ...
, a system or structure that carries weapons
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Web platform
Other uses
* Economic platform, an intermediary in a
two-sided market
In mathematics, specifically in topology of manifolds, a compact codimension-one submanifold F of a manifold M is said to be 2-sided in M when there is an embedding
::h\colon F\times 1,1to M
with h(x,0)=x for each x\in F and
::h(F\times ...
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Platform (business model), a business model that creates value by facilitating exchanges between two or more interdependent groups
* Platform conodonts, a type of
conodont
Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the class Conodonta (from Ancient Greek κῶνος (''kōnos''), meaning " cone", and ὀδούς (''odoús''), meaning "tooth"). They are primarily known from their hard ...
s with highly evolved feeding elements
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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Platform 4, a theatre company in Hampshire, England
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Platform economy, economic and social activity facilitated by platforms, typically online sales or technology frameworks
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Platform release, a gradual film distribution strategy
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Platforming (disambiguation)
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Platformism
Platformism is an anarchist organizational theory that aims to create a tightly coordinated anarchist federation. Its main features include a common Tactic (method), tactical line, a unified political policy and a commitment to collective responsi ...
, a form of anarchist organization that seeks unity from its participants
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''Plateforme'' (comic book), a 2014 comic book by Alain Dual
* "Platforms", a song by M.I.A. from
''AIM'' (album)
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