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.
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