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 (computing), in computing and technology, refers to a framework on which applications may be run
Platform game, a genre of video games characterized by the player having to jump platforms
Oil platform, a structure built for oil production
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
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