As an old person who started on MS-DOS, I’ve always said “directory”, and “program”. I had trouble switching to “folder” and then more recently “app”. I’m happy to have switched to Linux a couple of years ago so I can just say directory again. The word app, short for application, came from Apple, with the iPhone. No doubt they also liked that is the first three letters of Apple, too. It was specifically for the little programs that ran on iPhone, not meant to replace “program” across the board. But, here we are. Also, “web app” was used to refer to those websites or pages that worked like apps on iPhones, before apps became commonplace. Now, everything from Notes to Photoshop is an “app”.
i have looked in the oxford english dictionary, which magically sprang into existence in 1991, and the word application did not exist before apple. COINCIDENCE I THINK SO
As an old person who started on MS-DOS, I’ve always said “directory”, and “program”. I had trouble switching to “folder” and then more recently “app”. I’m happy to have switched to Linux a couple of years ago so I can just say directory again. The word app, short for application, came from Apple, with the iPhone. No doubt they also liked that is the first three letters of Apple, too. It was specifically for the little programs that ran on iPhone, not meant to replace “program” across the board. But, here we are. Also, “web app” was used to refer to those websites or pages that worked like apps on iPhones, before apps became commonplace. Now, everything from Notes to Photoshop is an “app”.
i have looked in the oxford english dictionary, which magically sprang into existence in 1991, and the word application did not exist before apple. COINCIDENCE I THINK SO