### Platform Information: `platform`

Field | Mutable | Type | Explanation
--- | --- | --- | ---

`name`

no

`Atom`

The name of the platform as atom of the form `OS``-``ARCH` where the following combinations are currently supported:

Name | OS | ARCH
--- | --- | ---
`'aix3-rs6000'` | `'aix3'` | `'rs6000'`
`'freebsd-i486'` | `'freebsd'` | `'i486'`
`'freebsdelf-i486'` | `'freebsdelf'` | `'i486'`
`'irix5-mips'` | `'irix'` | `'mips'`
`'hpux-700'` | `'hpux'` | `'700'`
`'linux-arm'` | `'linux'` | `'arm'`
`'linux-i486'` | `'linux'` | `'i486'`
`'linux-m68k'` | `'linux'` | `'m68k'`
`'linux-mips'` | `'linux'` | `'mips'`
`'linux-parisc'` | `'linux'` | `'parisc'`
`'linux-ppc'` | `'linux'` | `'ppc'`
`'linux-s390'` | `'linux'` | `'s390'`
`'linux-sparc'` | `'linux'` | `'sparc'`
`'netbsd-i486'` | `'netbsd'` | `'i486'`
`'netbsd-m68k'` | `'netbsd'` | `'m68k'`
`'netbsd-sparc'` | `'netbsd'` | `'sparc'`
`'openbsd-i486'` | `'openbsd'` | `'i486'`
`'openbsd-sparc` | `'openbsd'` | `'sparc`
`'osf1-alpha'` | `'osf1'` | `'alpha'`
`'powermac-darwin'` | `'powermac'` | `'darwin'`
`'solaris-i486'` | `'solaris'` | `'i486'`
`'solaris-sparc'` | `'solaris'` | `'sparc'`
`'sunos-sparc'` | `'sunos'` | `'sparc'`
`'ultrix-mips'` | `'ultrix'` | `'mips'`
`'win32-i486'` | `'win32'` | `'i486'`

`os` | no | `Atom` | The operating system part of the platform name.
`arch` | no | `Atom` | The architecture part of the platform name.