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Platform

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The underlying computer system on which applications programs run. A platform consists of an operating system, the computer system's coordinating program, which in turn is built on the instruction set for a processor or microprocessor, and the hardware that performs logic operations and manages data movement in the computer.

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Platforms
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