Platform

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Platform - A platform is the operating system that runs a computer.

[Category=Database Management ]

Source: NextMark, 17 August 2009 08:49:12, https://www.nextmark.com/resources/glossary-of-terms/ ?glossaryTermId=a0800000000F2T0AAK

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Platform - Any base of technologies on which other technologies or processes are built and operated. Platforms provide interoperability, simplify implementation, streamline deployment and promote maintenance of solutions.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 18 December 2009 09:11:14, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

Platform - Any base of technologies on which other technologies or processes are built and operated to provide interoperability, simplify implementation, streamline deployment and promote maintenance of solutions.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 02 July 2010 09:32:40, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/m.html

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 25 August 2010 10:21:21, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html

platform - Another term for computer hardware, including microcomputers, workstations, and mainframe computers, or for underlying software, like an operating system, that provides services to layered software.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: Open Geospatial Consortium, 30 June 2011 07:07:10, http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary

platform - [software] In computing, the operating system of a machine, such as the UNIX, Linux, or Windows operating systems. Platform may also refer to a programming language or development environment, such as COM, Java, or ArcGIS 9.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 11 July 2012 09:34:15, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation

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