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Is that a reference to a store, as in a place that sells things, or a store as in storage? I am not familiar with the topic discussed on the page, but to me, t
by ryanhuff 16y ago
Is that a reference to a store, as in a place that sells things, or a store as in storage? I am not familiar with the topic discussed on the page, but to me, the term "app store" is referring to app caching/storage mechanism.
- Anechoic 16y agoI'm not sure, I suspect it refers to storage, but that was the only example of the term 'app store' that I could find prior to Apple's app store announcement.
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- beej71 16y agoUsenet post from February 2000 offhandedly refers to Electronics Boutique as "basically a PC app store". Arguably, this is meant as ((PC app) store). Not that it's particularly surprising someone would use the term; most etymology references I can find for "app" put it about 20 years old, in line with the term "killer app". ("Killer app" seems to make an appearance on Usenet in 1989.) But Apple has the trademark, and they're going to defend it regardless of, well, anything.
- Anechoic 16y agobeej71 your comment is dead, but I presume this is the usenet post you were referring to: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.sony/browse_thread/thread/c982f7ba9bfbab72/94bc2f0e6160b8cd?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22basically+a+PC+app+store%22 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.sony/browse_t...