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Originally Posted by LVSteve
It's probably crept over from military usage. Planes, ships and tanks are different "platforms".
From your original list #6 could be stretched to guns by saying "platform" relates to a particular operating mode or collection of features.
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This post is not too far from an actual commercial manufacturing reference to a "Platform." I just looked this up to support my old memory of this reference, and I was able to confirm that for quite a few years the Ford Motor Company referred to its big V-8 cars (Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, Mercury Marauder and Lincoln Town Car) as being built on Ford's "Panther Platform." This occurred between 1978 and 2012.