app

app

[ap]
noun Computers, Informal.
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices: the best GPS apps for your iPhone.

Origin:
1985–90; by shortening

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app (æp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal computing short for application program

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Word Origin & History

app
computerese shorthand for application, attested by 1992.
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app definition


  1. n.
    an application; a computer software application. : Ted's killer app can run circles around your old WordSun program.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

app definition


application program

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
app
[software] application
APP
approved
app.
  1. apparatus

  2. apparently

  3. appendix

  4. applied

  5. appoint

  6. appointed

  7. apprentice

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