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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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