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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

But in standardizing around this one display and a consistent hardware platform, the company can refine and improve its offering as fast as any mobile operating system can.

From The Verge • Jul. 31, 2017

Alibaba, JD.com and Tencent have each launched their own smart hardware platform.

From Forbes • Dec. 2, 2014

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