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They are called "programs", not "apps". The word "app" was created for the iPhone and originally meant a "mini" slimmed down application meant for mobile devices, not a catch-all term for any user program running on a CPU.
/getoffmylawn
This is simply not true.
To add, you could have looked this up before posting a hostile comment on a relative newcomer's post. This is how linux communities develop reputation of being exclusive & unfriendly.
Keep reading:
"Usually"
Way to out-pedantize a pedant. Also, wikipedia isn't exactly a credible source. While I wouldn't personally split hairs on the use of "app", TimeSquirrel isn't wrong in that the use of that short-form wasn't ubiquitous until the time of smart-phones, and more specifically, the iPhone.
Also, since we're quoting sources, take a look at https://www.britannica.com/technology/mobile-app which specifically states "app" meaning "mobile device software".
Luckily Wikipedia articles typically include sources:
https://www.osnews.com/story/24882/the-history-of-app-and-the-demise-of-the-programmer/
And stuff like this is why Linux communities get a bad rep lol. No one cares that the the term all only came along with the iPhone, it's a common term now so get used to it.
@TimeSquirrel @land @MangoPenguin Microsoft - especially 365 - calls everything apps now - mostly they’re just links to a half baked web page presented in the shape of an icon. I love the irony that ‘app’ is a shortening of apple - each reference being a little plug for Apple (or anything other than Microsoft).
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I prefer https://i.imgur.com/E0QsRiQ.png
Sir, this is an AppleBees.
Score one (negative) for the gatekeeper!
You fail the Janus test
This. I really don't understand the down-votes - using the correct words makes life easier for everyone, including the OP.
App and program are interchangeable terms, it doesn't matter.