application program
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a computer program that is written and designed for a specific need or purpose
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| Noun | 1. |  application program - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" active application - an application that is currently running and in the foreground applet - a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface frame - an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently web browser, browser - a program used to view HTML documents natural language processing application, natural language processor - an application program that deals with natural language text job - (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit word processing system, word processor - an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer editor program, editor - (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data |
Translations
application program n (Comput) → programma applicativo
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