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Minor historical note: the .app extension for application bundles is a holdover from NeXTSTEP. I don't think that has anything to do with the usage of "app" on
by generalk 16y ago
Minor historical note: the .app extension for application bundles is a holdover from NeXTSTEP. I don't think that has anything to do with the usage of "app" on the iPhone, and I think the Mac App Store is branded that way for similarity with the iPhone store.
- pohl 16y agoI don't think that has anything to do with the usage of "app" on the iPhone Really? Why not? The iPhone is, after all, running a decedent of the NeXT codebase too.
- RodgerTheGreat 16y agoMacintosh programs have always been called "Applications", and "App" is a natural slang contraction of "Application". I'd say we're overthinking this, folks.