3 ms·App is shorthand for application.by orangethirty 14y agoApp is shorthand for application.jlgreco 14y agoDoes that make /bin/ln an App?ne0phyte 14y agoWhen you hear someone talking about apps/an app do you think of Apache, JBoss, KDevelop, Chromium, ... or rather Angry Birds and WhatsApp?bitwize 14y ago"App" has been short for "application" since the DOS days (hence expressions like "killer app").