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hardware platform

American  

noun

  1. a group of compatible computers that can run the same software.


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The "Switch 2 remains the fastest selling video game hardware platform in tracked history", Circana's Mat Piscatella wrote on BlueSky.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Nvidia’s newest generation artificial intelligence hardware platform known as Vera Rubin is in full production, CEO Jensen Huang said at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Futuretown, a VR gaming company backed by former HTC CEO Peter Chou, announced its new hardware platform called 5D Totalmotion at the Tokyo Game Show today.

From The Verge • Sep. 15, 2016

The wild popularity of Apple’s iPad range had created a new hardware platform where players could process far more visual information than on an iPhone.

From Forbes • Aug. 15, 2013

Built to run on 386-based machines, Linux was firmly rooted to its low-cost hardware platform.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam