Platform
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Physical objects and features

  • Diving platform, used in competitive diving
  • Jumping platform
    Jumping platform
    A Jumping platform is a naturally occurring or human-made surface for people to jump from. It is usually situated above sufficiently deep water, or above mats, a box-spring matress, piles of empty cardboard boxes, or other soft landing surfaces, or they may be used together with other means of...

    , naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumping
  • Oil platform
    Oil platform
    An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing...

    , a structure built for oil production
  • Platform (geology)
    Platform (geology)
    In geology, a platform is a continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation...

    , the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks
    • Carbonate platform
      Carbonate platform
      A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits . Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms which induce carbonate precipitation through their metabolism...

      , a type of sedimentary body
    • Platform cover
      Platform cover
      In geology, a platform cover is the sedimentary and volcanic deposits that lie on top of a craton....

      , the sedimentary deposits that lie on top of the craton's platform
  • Platform mound
    Platform mound
    A platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity.-Eastern North America:The indigenous peoples of North America built substructure mounds for well over a thousand years starting in the Archaic period and continuing through the Woodland period...

    , an earthwork intended to support a structure or activity
  • Platform shoe
    Platform shoe
    Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles at least four inches in height, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood...

    , a kind of shoe with a thick sole
  • Platform (theatre)
    Platform (theatre)
    In theatre, a platform is a stationary, standard flat walking surface for actors to perform on. Typically, they are built to be assembled modularly. They are often used to provide varying levels, to make a show more visually interesting. They are also used to separate areas on stage, and as...

    , a standard piece of theatrical scenery
  • Railway platform
    Railway platform
    A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms...

    , an area at a train station to alight from/embark on trains or trams
  • A swimming pool
    Swimming pool
    A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

     platform, from which bathers jump

Politics

  • Party platform
    Party platform
    A party platform, or platform sometimes also referred to as a manifesto, is a list of the actions which a political party, individual candidate, or other organization supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said peoples' candidates voted into political office or...

    , a list of principles held by a political party
    • Platformism
      Platformism
      Platformism is a tendency within the wider anarchist movement originally theorised by Nestor Makhno and is mainly based on his concept of anarchism and the organisational theories in the tradition of Dielo Truda's Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists ...

      , in anarchist politics, the tradition of Nestor Makhno's Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists
  • Platform (European politics)
    Platform (European politics)
    Platforms, in European politics, are openly organized political factions within left-wing political parties. Examples include the Republican Communist Network, the Workers Unity Platform and the Solidarity Tendency, platforms within the Scottish Socialist Party; the Socialist Workers Platform and...

    , an openly organized faction within a left-wing political party

Technology

  • Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run
  • Facebook Platform
    Facebook Platform
    The Facebook Platform provides a set of APIs and tools which enable third-party developers to integrate with the "open graph" — whether through applications on Facebook.com or external websites and devices...

    , a set of APIs provided by Facebook
  • Platform game
    Platform game
    A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...

    , a genre of video games
  • Platform technology
    Platform technology
    Platform technology is a term for technology that enables the creation of products and processes that support present or future development. It establishes the long-term capabilities of research & development institutes....

    , a technology that enables the creation of products and processes that support present or future development

Arts

  • Platform (art group)
    Platform (art group)
    Platform is an interdisciplinary art group that creates projects having to do with social justice and environmental justice. A 1992 project by Platform sparked a local campaign to dig up the River Effra in London, England....

    , 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)
    Platform (novel)
    Platform is a novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq . It has received both great praise and great criticism, most notably for the novel's apparent condoning of sex tourism and anti-Muslim feelings...

    , a 2001 novel by Michel Houellebecq

Business

  • Platform Computing
    Platform Computing
    Platform Computing is a privately held software company that is primarily known for its job scheduling product, Load Sharing Facility . It was founded in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is currently headquartered in Markham, Ontario with 11 branch offices across the United States, Europe and...

    , a privately held software company recently acquired by IBM

Other

  • Automobile platform
    Automobile platform
    An automobile 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 automobiles, often from different, but related marques...

    , a set of components shared by several vehicle models
  • Platform (economics), an intermediary between two or more sides of a market
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