Application and Computer program

Application

Application noun - A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.
Usage example: he has tried several different word processing applications

Computer program and application are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Computer program" instead a noun "Application".

Computer program

Computer program noun - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute.
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Synonyms for Computer program

Application and computer program are semantically related. You can use "Application" instead a noun phrase "Computer program".

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  • As much as it's become associated with it in recent years, the smartphone boom did not originate the term "app", which has been short for "application" in the sense of a computer program since at least 1992.
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