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Re:Microsoft Announces Converter for Bringing Win32 Apps to ... by grokys on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @03:02PM (#11391993)
Even before the iPhone came out, people used the abbreviation "app" for "application".

Source: I was around then ;)

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Re:Microsoft Announces Converter for Bringing Win32 Apps to ... by wlesieutre on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @03:20PM (#11392157)
True, especially with OS X having .app file extensions. I still called them "Applications" more often than not though.
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Re:Microsoft Announces Converter for Bringing Win32 Apps to ... by ant6n on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @04:14PM (#11392595)
Oh, so it's like a Mac thing. So why do we have to call Windows programs 'App'?
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Re:Microsoft Announces Converter for Bringing Win32 Apps to ... by icebraining on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @06:14PM (#11393447)
It's not a Mac-only thing, it has been used on Linux and Windows for decades.

http://www.drdobbs.com/windows/windows-apps-and-exception-ha...

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Re:Microsoft Announces Converter for Bringing Win32 Apps to ... by ant6n on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @03:09PM (#11392045)
But did they use "app" instead of "program"?
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