Think the name came in with RISCOS 3 - late 80s?
when?
Jul 08, 2020
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You never watched "Z" cars then.
AB From the well pummelled keyboard of Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Esq
From the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing:
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| application program | (Or "application", "app") A complete, self-contained program that | performs a specific function directly for the user.
| Last updated: 2007-02-02
To my knowledge they have always been apps on Android. BICBW
When Microsoft brought out a Windows for phones they morphed the terminology to Apps where user already had familiarity with 'apps'.
Since Microsoft got out of the phone business it was all a bit pointless.
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