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Why do people now call programs and software, apps?
- Thread starter Rozzy
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Programs were called "applications" on Apple hardware at least as far back as the original Macintosh. They were also called that on GS/OS.
"App" is just the shortened version that people dumb enough to buy an OG iPhone can understand.
"App" is just the shortened version that people dumb enough to buy an OG iPhone can understand.
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This. Program was the slang for application, and it went back to application, then app for short AFAIK
Shroom King
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There are two types of programs:
DOOM.EXE
malware
Keep the first one, delete the rest. Hope this helps.
DOOM.EXE
malware
Keep the first one, delete the rest. Hope this helps.
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They aren't entirely wrong. App is short for application. Still dumb, but they aren't wrong.
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"killer app" was an awful game marketing term that has been around since the 80s. it was the type of thing you'd hear from some marketing fag at a press presentation like E3. the first time I personally saw it was on the fucking box quote for the original Halo, back in 2001:
the term "app" as shorthand for "application" has been around about as long. "application" itself is short for "application software" which specifically describes user programs like word processors, games, etc. as opposed to system software (the OS) or utility software (disk defraggers, anti-virus, etc). "program", "software", and "application" all technically describe different things; "program" specifically describes a set of instructions in code, "software" is any collection of programs and data that allow the user to perform tasks, and "applications" are those pieces of software the user directly interacts with. in practice, however, these terms are informally interchangeable.
as far as common vernacular goes, though, "app" entered the public consciousness in its current form through the marketing for the iPhone. thus most normies understand that any kind of thing that makes your computer emit colors and sounds is an "app" which, while gay, is not technically incorrect. in fact, in most common uses, "app" is more technically correct than "program" or "software".
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While I agree that calling everything an app is retarded and gay, (like the zoomers who say it) the word "application" has been around since the early days of computing.
