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  • August 20, 2021 at 3:00 am #2140978

    Is app a software?

    by aapteshreya81 · about 3 years, 3 months ago

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    An app is a piece of software designed for a single purpose or a single function. An application, however, is a piece of software that performs a variety of related functions.

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    • August 20, 2021 at 3:20 am #2419489
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      Never forget

      by birdmantd · about 3 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Is app a software?

      ….some apps do multiple features, not just one purpose. Not much difference except that apps are much more compact than PC/Mac applications as most cell phones/tablets don’t have the same resources (memory, processor, additional hardware for example) to run/store those same programs as a laptop or desktop computer.

    • August 20, 2021 at 3:20 am #3939110
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      Never forget

      by birdmantd · about 3 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Is app a software?

      ….some apps do multiple features, not just one purpose. Not much difference except that apps are much more compact than PC/Mac applications as most cell phones/tablets don’t have the same resources (memory, processor, additional hardware for example) to run/store those same programs as a laptop or desktop computer.

    • August 20, 2021 at 10:01 am #2419485
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      Re: app

      by kees_b · about 3 years, 3 months ago

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      Surely an app is software.

      You seem to think that Chrome and Firefox on a phone are an app, while on a Windows PC they are an application. Or is it an app on Windows also, or an application on a phone also?
      And would you call a software like ping.exe in Windows (which only pings) an app or an application? Or none of the two?

      A related question: would you call a widget on your phone an app also or is that a third class of software? Google (on my phone at least) makes a difference between them (different tabs in Android Lollipop),

      Your definition is too unclear to be of any use, I think.

    • August 20, 2021 at 10:01 am #3939106
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      Re: app

      by kees_b · about 3 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Is app a software?

      Surely an app is software.

      You seem to think that Chrome and Firefox on a phone are an app, while on a Windows PC they are an application. Or is it an app on Windows also, or an application on a phone also?
      And would you call a software like ping.exe in Windows (which only pings) an app or an application? Or none of the two?

      A related question: would you call a widget on your phone an app also or is that a third class of software? Google (on my phone at least) makes a difference between them (different tabs in Android Lollipop),

      Your definition is too unclear to be of any use, I think.

    • August 31, 2021 at 7:28 am #3939394

      App Software

      by sparity · about 3 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to Is app a software?

      Application is also called as application program or application software designed for a single purpose or a single function. Apps are a form of software but not all software is an App.

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