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Language evolves. Why is a computer program not an “app(lication)” exactly?
Oh, it is. It is... Sigh.
Yeah, I thought I made that clear. I just don't like it.
A lot of times, the literal definition varies from what people think of when they hear a thing. We call a lot of similar things words that don't fully make sense but since other people will know what it means, it's useful. When everything is an app, piles of specifics are glossed over. That probably doesn't matter when talking to a non-developer, but sometimes it might. Those of us in software like the specificity because it tells us many things we might otherwise have to ask several questions to learn about. So yeah, sometimes it matters, other times it won't.
Everyone that goes " thats fire yo!" I spritz with a spraybottle.
As is your right and duty.