Common Platform Enumeration

nouncandidate·updated May 18, 2026

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A SCAP specification that provides a standard naming convention for operating systems, hardware, and applications for the purpose of providing consistent, easily parsed names that can be shared by multiple parties and solutions to refer to the same specific platform type.

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Variants

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acronym: CPE
plural: Common Platform Enumerations
possessive: Common Platform Enumeration's
pluralpossessive: Common Platform Enumerations'

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