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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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The software platform provider announced a blockbuster earnings report.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Pattern Group, an e-commerce software platform, went public last September and has not recorded back-to-back losing sessions over the last month.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Helping is OneRail, a logistics software platform that FedEx has partnered with to match orders and drivers.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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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