software platform

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.

Example Sentences

Apple is typically tight-lipped about security issues pertaining to its software platforms, and this was no exception.

From Popular-Science

Scout for remote controlIn addition to Spot’s new hardware, Boston Dynamics has also announced a new software platform, called Scout, to help control it.

From Popular-Science

Machine learning and smart software platforms will make it easy to organize all of a company’s information so employees can find what’s relevant to them without asking colleagues for it in real time.

From Fortune

She works with public and private sector clients to implement Agile software platforms and IT-modernization programs.

From Fortune

In the meantime, Mason and a handful of other growers are working with UCANR on a software platform called Crop Manage, designed to ingest weather and soil data and deliver customized recommendations on irrigation and fertilizer use for each crop.

From MIT Technology Review