The word '''platform''' is used in several different contexts including various topics: * In Rail_transport, a '''Railway_platform''' is an area at a Train_station to alight from/embark on Trains or Trams. * In Politics, a '''Political_platform''' is a list of principles held by a Political_party to appeal to the public. ** In anarchist politics Platformism refers to organising in the tradition of Nestor_Makhno's Organizational_Platform_of_the_Libertarian_Communists. * In Computing and Technology, a '''platform''' refers to a framework on which applications may be run. See Platform_(computing). The term may occasionally refer to a '''Platform_game''', a type of Computer_game. * An '''Oil_platform''' is a structure built for Oil production. * In the context of Automobiles, an '''Automobile_platform''' is a set of components shared by several vehicle models. * In Fashion, platform refers to platform shoes. * In Geology, a '''Continental_platform''' is the low depth sea area next to the continent. * In the context of swimming baths, 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. Similar platforms occur naturally or are made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumping. * A 2000 '''film''' by Zhang_Ke_Jia. * A 2001 '''novel''' by Michel_Houellebecq. {{disambig}} Bg:Платформа De:Plattform Es:Plataforma Fr:Plate-forme Sv:Plattform