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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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Nielsen, the longtime powerhouse in TV ratings, agreed to buy DoubleVerify, a software platform that verifies media quality and optimizes advertising performance, in a deal with an enterprise value of about $2.15 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

The French firm offers a software platform with autonomous AI agents to which users can delegate tasks, able to aggregate large quantites of data from varying sources.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Officials said they would use Anduril’s Lattice software platform to validate the engineers’ work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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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