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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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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

Big Bots: OpenAI’s former chief research officer is raising $70 million for a new startup building an AI and software platform to automate manufacturing, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 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 Williams, Sam

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