Well, in looking for a new name for "platform", I tried the thesaurus at thesaurus.com. I don't think it's being all that helpful.
| Main Entry: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun 1 |
| Definition: | furniture |
| Synonyms: | belvedere, dais, floor, podium, pulpit, rostrum, scaffold, scaffolding, skidway, staging, table, terrace |
| Main Entry: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun 2 |
| Definition: | policy |
| Synonyms: | manifesto, objectives, party line*, plank, policy, principle, program, promise, soapbox*, stump*, tenets |
While I think it would be kind of funny to use the term belvedere, dais, plank, or skidway, I don't think anyone else would go for it. Then I looked to see what they had for "system"
| Main Entry: | system |
| Part of Speech: | noun 1 |
| Definition: | whole |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, classification, combination, complex, conformity, coordination, entity, fixed order, ideology, integral, integrate, logical order, order, orderliness, organization, philosophy, red tape*, regularity, rule, scheme, setup, structure, sum, theory, totality, utilidor |
| Main Entry: | system |
| Part of Speech: | noun 2 |
| Definition: | plan |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artifice, custom, definite plan, fashion, logical process, manner, method, methodicalness, methodology, mode, modus, modus operandi, operation, orderliness, orderly process, pattern, policy, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, regularity, routine, scheme, strategy, structure, systematic process, systematization, tactics, technique, theory, usage, way, wise |
Now this has some possibilities: combination, integral, order, structure, modus, and scheme might all work. The HPUXSecure platform becomes the HPUXSecure integral. Maybe I can influence some mathematics background on everyone else. We become the Integral Foundations team, and Humanities majors everywhere fear us.
This is what happens when you leave me alone for too long...
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