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app, application (AP, ap" li KAY shuhn) (s) (noun), apps, applications (pl)
1. The term app is defined as a shorthand abbreviation of application, meaning a way of using a product or program: "That app doesn't work on this computer."
2. A complete, self-contained application 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.

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Word Entries at Word Info: “apps”
app (s), apps (pl)
1. Short for software applications; an application; an application program.

Jargon, or an informal term, that is often found in technology research reports.

2. In medicine, amyloid precursor protein (APP), which is a large transmembrane glycoprotein expressed on the cell surface and of uncertain function.

It may be cleaved on the cell surface to a soluble form. Alternatively, cleavage may follow endocytosis and in some cases then yields 40 to 43 abnormal amino acid peptides, which aggregate to form Ab amyloid, associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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