Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Think of APPle?

Re:Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Thi... by kaolinite on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:07PM (#4088729)

I appreciate that this is a joke, however it disheartens me when I hear people associate the word "app" with only mobile software or particular software packages, especially as I've been using the word "app" as a shortened version of "application" to refer to software since Windows 95.

Oh and by the way, Apple attempted to claim that "app" stood for "apple" last year when they were trying to block companies from saying "App Store". Of course, Steve Jobs had said "Android App Store" publicly in the past so nobody really believed them.

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Re:Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Thi... by arn on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:24PM (#4088808)

Well, also, NeXTStep's application bundle was .app http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_bundle

So, Apple's usage of it probably came from NeXTStep (still Steve Jobs) which became OS X, which was also basis for iOS.

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Re:Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Thi... by keener on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:35PM (#4088854)

sehr interessant!

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Re:Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Thi... by keener on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:17PM (#4088780)

Good points! I also have used the word app for programs as far back as Win 95, and know where you're coming from.

I didn't realize that Apple really did attempt to claim that "app" came from "apple." Interesting.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

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Re:Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Thi... by arn on Saturday June 09, 2012 @03:17PM (#4089008)

I don't think apple actually claimed that it came from apple. They just claimed the trademark to it.

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Re:Did Steve Jobs Coin the Term “Apps” to Make People to Thi... by mtgx on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:38PM (#4088870)

Not to mention the very used "killer app" expression (short from killer application).

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