Platform

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003162",
  "term": "Platform",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A computer or hardware device and/or associated operating system, or a virtual environment, on which software can be installed or run. Examples of platforms include Linux™, Microsoft Windows Vista®, and Java™.\n\n2. In the context of the CPE Applicability Language specification only, a logical structure combining one or more bound CPE names through logical operators.",
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 7695 from ISO/IEC 19770-2 (Adapted)",
    "NISTIR 7698",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/platform/"
}