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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Andromxda 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

package = app

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Source code = app

Function = app

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I think it’s spelled “A1” thanks to our Education Secretary

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I remember "killer app" being a phrase I regularly heard in the 90's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

But also, you're right. Here's an article from 1994 describing Visicalc as a "Killer App" from the late 1970's, that prompted people to buy personal computers.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Make it stop!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Who has ever called a batch file an app

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Does your app have an app for its app?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's worse if you have ever worked in food service. "App" is short for "appetizer".

::cries in very specific form of confusion::

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

App is actually correct for all but the OS.

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