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Originally Posted by John Whitworth
They keep saying things about apps. What is an app? No. Don't tell me. I don't have to know, now do I?
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John, an app - yes, I know you don't want to know, but be brave, it'll only take a minute and it won't hurt
that much - is a nerd-word short for "application". And in this sense, an application is just a little computer program in some kind of iThingy that does something or other.
What does it do, you ask? Well, depends what it was designed to do, dunnit? For instance, it could tell you what the time is, or the weather, in various parts of the world. It could tell you where your nearest fish-and-chip-shop is. There are thousands of the little buggers that can do almost anything you can think of, although I'm told you'll have to wait for the iPad 4 for one that will bring you your slippers.
If an "app" were a physical object in the real world, we'd probably call it a widget. Or if that term isn't familiar to you, just think of it as a "thingummyjig".
There, now, that wasn't too bad, was it?
N.B. All of the above is based on hearsay, since I don't actually own an iAnything.
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