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hardware platform

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noun

  1. a group of compatible computers that can run the same software.


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The "Switch 2 remains the fastest selling video game hardware platform in tracked history", Circana's Mat Piscatella wrote on BlueSky.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Nvidia’s newest generation artificial intelligence hardware platform known as Vera Rubin is in full production, CEO Jensen Huang said at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

“PlayStation 5 is the best-selling hardware platform of 2021 year-to-date in dollars, while Nintendo Switch leads in units.”

From The Verge • Oct. 18, 2021

The wild popularity of Apple’s iPad range had created a new hardware platform where players could process far more visual information than on an iPhone.

From Forbes • Aug. 15, 2013

So easy in fact that Tiemann says it took less than five days to master and another week to port the software to a new hardware platform, National Semiconductor's 32032 microchip.

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

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