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Software Terminology (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I hate that this meme never explains what application meant 'back then'
I get that it's a problem now, but if it had a clear enough definition back then, maybe this couldn't have occurred the way it did?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

I always understood "application" like a gadget in the software world that just resolved one specific problem, and had that own definition till got distorted