Can you explain what definition of application you are using in this post. The only application I use that is just a front end to a web service is a client trac

Can you explain what definition of application you are using in this post. The only application I use that is just a front end to a web service is a client tracking software I am required to use for State level reporting purposes at work. All the rest of my software, ranging from development, to digital audio, video, and art, rendering and 3D work, etc, are all native and local. Some are open source, but many are not.