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Windows called them programs (until recently), and Android & iOS call them apps, so it's likely that most people have only started hearing the term in the last
by spatulon 9y ago
Windows called them programs (until recently), and Android & iOS call them apps, so it's likely that most people have only started hearing the term in the last 10 years.
- digi_owl 9y agoBest i can tell, win32 binaries are still programs, UWP binaries are apps. All in all i can't shake the feel that apps are more "restrictive" in how they can be used...
- taeric 9y agoSo long as we all agree the term "applet" was asinine. :)
- michrassena 9y agoI remember hearing the Windows control panel functions referred to as applets 20 years ago or so. Likewise, java programs embedded into a web page were also called applets. Is applet but a diminution of application, or of app?