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I definitely remember hearing the phrase "killer app" plenty of times in the early 2000s, and Macworld definitely shortened "application" to "app" frequently in
by redwall_hp 6y ago
I definitely remember hearing the phrase "killer app" plenty of times in the early 2000s, and Macworld definitely shortened "application" to "app" frequently in the late 90s and early 2000s.
- fit2rule 6y agoOh indeed, the phrase 'app' was in use before MS-DOS, even... I seem to remember "APP" being one of the very first metadata/file-extensions .. per wikipedia, it was in use in 1981 to refer to general software, but the mainframe guys had it too ..
- arantius 6y agohttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content="killer+app" https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content="killer+app" With a peak in 2002 it seems.
- weinzierl 6y agoI heard app the first time in connection with "killer app", before I only remember the term "program". If my memory serves me right I heard "killer app" the first time in the late 90s