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software platform

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noun

  1. a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.


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Shares in ServiceNow plunged after the software platform reported a set of mixed third-quarter results, with revenue beating expectations while earnings fell short.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The most prominent example of this is Maven Smart Systems, the Pentagon's main software platform for organising intelligence and data.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Renzi Stone, who runs a boutique marketing strategy firm in Oklahoma City, recently started spending around $800 a month on Alpha’s at-home software platform for his son, who just finished eighth grade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

But earnings were overshadowed by Autodesk’s agreement to purchase MaintainX, a maintenance and operations software platform, for $3.6 billion in cash.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Even powerful vendors such as Microsoft rely on the support of third-party software developers whose tools, programs, and computer games make an underlying software platform such as Windows more attractive to the mainstream consumer.

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

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