Platform

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The word platform is used in several different contexts, usually referring to some kind of standing surface used to support things, give them stability, or visibility:

• Railway platform, an area at a train station to alight from/embark on trains or trams.
• Political platform, a list of principles held by a political party to appeal to the public.
  • Platformism, in anarchist politics, refers to organising in the tradition of Nestor Makhno's Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists.
• Platform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a European left-wing political party
• Platform (computing), in computing and technology, refers to a framework on which applications may be run.
• Platform (military), in military technology, refers to a capability for military action, for example, a military ship, aircraft, headquarters or even the human individual.
• Platform cover, in geology, refers to the sedimentary deposits that lie on top of the craton's platform.
• Platform game, a genre of video games characterized by the player having to jump platforms
• Platform (geology), the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks.
• Oil platform, a structure built for oil production
• Automobile platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
• Platform shoe, a kind of shoe with a thick sole
• Continental platform, in geology, the low depth sea area next to the continent
• Platform, in the swimming pool context, a flat surface, usually made of cement, and typically 3, 5, 7.5, or 10 meters above the water surface, from which bathers jump into the baths located below the platform.
• Jumping platform, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumping
• Platform (film), a 2000 film by Jia Zhangke
• Platform (novel), a 2001 novel by Michel Houellebecq