ETYM Italian balcone; cf. Italian balco, palco, scaffold, from Old High Germ. balcho, palcho, beam, German balken. Related to Balk beam.
1. A platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet.
2. An upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium.

ETYM Plat, a. + -form: cf. French plateforme.
1. A document stating the aims and principles of a political party; SYN. political platform, political program, program.
2. A raised horizontal surface.
3. Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons; SYN. weapons platform.

ETYM French terrasse (cf. Spanish terraza, Italian terrazza), from Latin terra the earth, probably for tersa, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch, Eng. torrid, and thirst. Related to Thirst, Fumitory, Inter, Patterre, Terrier, Trass, Tureen, Turmeric.
A shelf of rock with steep slopes above and below; SYN. bench.

The operating system, together with the hardware on which it runs.
1. The foundation technology of a computer system. Because computers are layered devices composed of a chip-level hardware layer, a firmware and operating-system layer, and an applications program layer, the bottommost layer of a machine is often called a platform.
2. In everyday usage, the type of computer or operating system being used. + prikaži više