Are applications called "apps" now?

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• Grand Dizzy Posts: 7,369

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  23/10/13 - 21:06 #27

  I think I've figured out what bothers me about "app". I see the word as a written abbreviation, like "approx" or "Prof". No one actually says out loud: "It takes approx two minutes" or "I like Prof Stephen Hawking". Same deal with "app". It's just written shorthand.
  
  Also, I think there is just something more civilised, mature and balanced about "application", while "app" seems more like a kind of caveman grunt or animal noise. "Me eat food. Me use app."
  
  

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• plugs13amp Posts: 274

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  23/10/13 - 21:43 #28

  just got an email in my spam folder from "WhatsApp". No idea what that "app" refers to, perhaps its short for Whats Happening.
  
  Won't ever find out cos I ain't gonna open it !

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• Izak Posts: 3,452

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  23/10/13 - 22:24 #29

  I'm pretty sure Apple have always referred to software as apps or applications. I think Microsoft always referred to them as programs in Windows up until they released Windows 8.

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• John259 Posts: 28,425

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  23/10/13 - 22:29 #30

  plugs13amp wrote: »

  just got an email in my spam folder from "WhatsApp". No idea what that "app" refers to, perhaps its short for Whats Happening.
  
  Won't ever find out cos I ain't gonna open it !

  "WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform instant messaging subscription service for smartphones."
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp

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