ALL meanings of application software
ap·pli·ca·tion soft·ware
A a - abbreviation Technical meaning of APPLICATION SOFTWARE application program 3
- noun application software software designed for a specific need or purpose 3
- noun application software the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem. 1
- noun application software the special use or purpose to which something is put: a technology having numerous applications never thought of by its inventors. 1
- noun application software the quality of being usable for a particular purpose or in a special way; relevance: This has no application to the case. 1
- noun application software the act of requesting. 1
- noun application software a written or spoken request or appeal for employment, admission, help, funds, etc.: to file an application for admission to a university. 1
- noun application software a form to be filled out by an applicant, as for a job or a driver's license. 1
- noun application software close attention; persistent effort: Application to one's studies is necessary. 1
- noun application software an act or instance of spreading on, rubbing in, or bringing into contact: the application of a compress to a wound; a second application of varnish. 1
- noun application software a salve, ointment, or the like, applied as a soothing or healing agent. 1
- noun application software Computers. a type of job or problem that lends itself to processing or solution by computer: Inventory control is a common business application. Also called application software, application program. a computer program used for a particular type of job or problem: Your new computer comes preloaded with applications. 1
- noun Technical meaning of application software (programming, operating system) (Or "application", "app") A complete, self-contained program that performs a specific function directly for the user. This is in contrast to system software such as the operating system kernel, server processes, libraries which exists to support application programs and utility programs. Editors for various kinds of documents, spreadsheets, and text formatters are common examples of applications. Network applications include clients such as those for FTP, electronic mail, telnet and WWW. The term is used fairly loosely, for instance, some might say that a client and server together form a distributed application, others might argue that editors and compilers were not applications but utility programs for building applications. One distinction between an application program and the operating system is that applications always run in user mode (or "non-privileged mode"), while operating systems and related utilities may run in supervisor mode (or "privileged mode"). The term may also be used to distinguish programs which communicate via a graphical user interface from those which are executed from the command line. 1
- noun application software (computing) A set of computer programs which work together to solve a particular problem or to be used for a particular user-defined application. 0