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Platform

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021259

1. An underlying computer system on which application programs can run. For example, a Dell computer running Windows XP runs on a Windows platform. An iMac computer runs on the Macintosh platform.

2. Any level or nearly level surface, ranging in size from a terrace or bench to a plateau defined by slopes around its edges.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021259
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
ReferencesCommunications Stylebook Glossary; Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021259",
  "term": "Platform",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An underlying computer system on which application programs can run. For example, a Dell computer running Windows XP runs on a Windows platform. An iMac computer runs on the Macintosh platform.\n\n2. Any level or nearly level surface, ranging in size from a terrace or bench to a plateau defined by slopes around its edges.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Communications Stylebook Glossary",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/platform/"
}

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