Programmer Humor

Web browser? "app". Web page? "app". Dialog box? "app". Phone app that's just a thin shell for the web site? "appapp".

I miss when game had content patches instead of dlc

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?

I felt like I was alone in being frustrated at this trend. However I found a bit of relief to discover, through messing around in a Win98 virtual machine, that they were occasionally using the term "app" back then as well. Of course it wasn't as ubiquitous as it is now, but whatever.

Also I thought I'd never see the Xbox kid meme again. What an unexpected throwback!

It's worse if you have ever worked in food service. "App" is short for "appetizer".

::cries in very specific form of confusion::

$ sudo appt-get install app

This is really, "what techs call it" and "what non-techs call it".

As a tech, I usually know what someone means when they "app".

It's "glitch" that drives me mad though. Glitch sounds like a ghost caused the error one tine only, versus some lazy coder.

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I very much hate the word app. That's probably my biggest boomer trait.