Weapons platform

In the context of the sharing economy, a platform is an online intermediary, usually in the form of a web portal or application, that enables users and providers to establish ...

platform

Internet; Social media

See Facebook Platform.

platform

Transportation; Railway

Raised structure in stations providing access to the cars or wagons.

platform

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A threshold level of computer environment, such as an operating system or a data base, which enables software applications to function; see program. Also, any group of compatible ...

Napalm Girl

Military; Peace keeping

Napalm Girl is the famous girl depicted in the Vietnam Era photograph by Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, depicting a naked Vietnamese girl running naked after ...

marching-in survey

Military; Peace keeping

Physical verification of all contingent owned stores, equipment and vehicles and UN owned accountable items when a member nation's contingent enters the mission area; the actual ...

psychological operations (PSYOPS)

Military; Peace keeping

Planned psychological operations activities in peace and war directed to enemy, friendly, and neutral audiences in order to influence attitudes and behavior affecting the ...

railhead

Military; Peace keeping

Point on a railway where loads are transferred between trains and other means of transport.

access point

Military; Peace keeping

Point on the BZ boundary, where the police stops vehicles to check the drivers' and passengers' passes.

constabulary function

Military; Peace keeping

Possible function of the military in the future: to prevent use of the air, sea or land for proscribed activities, or to enforce embargoes, no-fly-zones or civil order.