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Platform
The platform information consists of the operating system, system architecture, and, optionally, the compiler.
The platform is used when [installing extensions](#docs:extensions:working_with_extensions::platforms).
To retrieve the platform, use the following `PRAGMA`:  
```sql
PRAGMA platform;
```  
On macOS, running on Apple Silicon architecture, the result is:  
| platform  |
|-----------|
| osx_arm64 |  
On Windows, running on an AMD64 architecture, the platform is `windows_amd64`.
On CentOS 7, running on the AMD64 architecture, the platform is `linux_amd64_gcc4`.
On Ubuntu 22.04, running on the ARM64 architecture, the platform is `linux_arm64`.