app

app

1. An application, a program that can be used on a smartphone, computer, or similar device. Our developers are already working to improve the app for the next release.
2. An appetizer. In this usage, the word is often plural. Do you guys want to order any apps?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

app

n. an application; a computer software application. Ted’s killer app can run circles around your old WordSun program.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • inch up
  • out of the closet
  • sink like a stone
  • register on
  • register on (something)
  • sink without (a) trace
  • sink without trace
  • sink, vanish, etc. without trace
  • WORA
  • best of all worlds
References in periodicals archive
Android apps and games tend to eat up a lot of time -- particularly for those who can't help themselves but keep using them.
He told Ecoscope that his organisation has been in the business of encouraging Nigerians to do recycling by providing them with incentives, and their app is there to help in that task.
The feature list of entertaining apps is different and it is impossible to indicate a single list that will be appropriate.
While the apps don't follow one common procedure, upon launch they all display forms requesting credit card details and/or login credentials to the targeted bank or service.
Apple confirmed it has recently removed gambling apps from its store, but did not confirm the number of apps or a timeline for the removals.
Cheetah Global Lab, a mobile internet research institute based in Beijing, released a list of the top 10 app categories in 2017 based on growth of the weekly active penetration rate (the number of users who logged on at least once a week).
"A mobile app copycat can be both friend and foe of the original app," said Li.
There's an app for that: Content analysis of paid health and fitness apps.
The goal is to seek an app with clinical evidence of effectiveness.
Apps created with these frameworks have native app user interface.
From social media sharing to personalized push notification, 2017 saw a flurry of activity as media companies focused their attention and investment on making changes and improvements to their mobile app presence.
Despite app settings giving users a degree of control over the information the app can access and interact with on a smartphone, only 40 per cent of people were found to intentionally adjust the setting on their device, showed the study.
Google Mobile and App search results tag with the AMP icon followed by AMP.
16 -- Dot Com Infoway (DCI), a leading mobile app marketing company in the world, is organizing a webinar, "Effective Tactics to Grow Loyal Users For Your App (Organic and Paid User Acquisition)" on 21st September 2016.