- Platform
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:
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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
**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
*Platform (computing) , a framework on which applications may be run
*Platform cover , in geology, the sedimentary deposits that lie on top of the craton's platform
*Platform game , a genre of video games
*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
* Aswimming pool platform, from which bathers jump
*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
*Platform (TV series) , a short-lived internet television series that aired in 2007
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