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which faggot invented the word "app"?
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which faggot invented the word "app"?
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steve-o
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"app" short for application was used in the 1990s and probably earlier
"app" as in watered-down smartphone application cancer was invented by apple, everyone used "java applets" and windows mobile "programs" before that
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>>53637003
the .app extension has been used in OS X ever since it's first initial launch.
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>>53637772
And it stood for "Application" and was not a commonly used separate word
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Some faggot abbreviated application, what a faggot.
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>>53636949
Some faggot thought abbreviations for long, commonly-used words was a good idea

Fucking fag
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>>53636949
app is depricated, use the proper term: botnet
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>>53636949
Probably the same faggot who invented use of the word "application" in regards to computer programs within 10 minutes
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>>53636949

There was a website named appster for music back in the 80's or some shit
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