"App" really is just an abbreviation of "Application" that was already in pretty wide circulation before Apple starting using it.
The term application might have been used quite a bit but I think historically Mac OS X is the OS that used it in it's implementation.
On Unix and variants software has been mostly referred to has executables (in the chmod +x sense) or binaries (stored in */bin directories).
On Windows software was referred has executables (.exe files) or programs (stored in C:\Program Files).
However on Mac OS X, software is stored in/Applications.
So Android stores should be called Bin Stores and WP7 stores Prog Stores:).
* Note: I was just playing devil's advocate. Even though I own some iOS devices, I don't care what the store is called or if there are other stores with the same name. iOS device owners know that iTunes is the one-stop-shop for all that is iOS. If anything, the use of "App Store" for android stores might drive some Android phone owners to buy apps from Apple's App Store because they're confused and see that store has having a better selection of apps:-)
"Can I get a monitor with a display resolution larger than 1400x900?"
I'm glad my place of work isn't like that.
I'm currently running three screens, one 30" screen in the center with one 20" in portrait mode on each side for a total resolution of 4960x1600. It's always a pain when I have to work directly on the laptop.
From what I saw, the 'big empty volume' in the middle is used for the cylinder that appears to hold the actual computer. The rolled up part is just a screen that you hook up to the base.
Try a search for +"app store" -apple. Everyone understands the term in a generic sense to refer to an online store where software applications are sold.
I'd be curious to see how often 'app store' was used in a generic sense before Apple started using it.
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You make it sound so simple!
His, not his parent's anymore.
Dirtiest IT Job: Working for Infoworld coding scripts to split articles into several pages.
So that's the origin of that IANAL expression.
Kudos to Amazon for rapidly explaining, in length, what happened.
Unlike some other company... *cough* Sony *cough*
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The term application might have been used quite a bit but I think historically Mac OS X is the OS that used it in it's implementation.
/Applications.
:).
:-)
On Unix and variants software has been mostly referred to has executables (in the chmod +x sense) or binaries (stored in */bin directories).
On Windows software was referred has executables (.exe files) or programs (stored in C:\Program Files).
However on Mac OS X, software is stored in
So Android stores should be called Bin Stores and WP7 stores Prog Stores
* Note: I was just playing devil's advocate. Even though I own some iOS devices, I don't care what the store is called or if there are other stores with the same name. iOS device owners know that iTunes is the one-stop-shop for all that is iOS.
If anything, the use of "App Store" for android stores might drive some Android phone owners to buy apps from Apple's App Store because they're confused and see that store has having a better selection of apps
Haven't you heard? "Get out of my loft" is the new "Get off my lawn".
You might lose your cell phone signal once inside the house which would be problematic.
I'm glad my place of work isn't like that.
I'm currently running three screens, one 30" screen in the center with one 20" in portrait mode on each side for a total resolution of 4960x1600.
It's always a pain when I have to work directly on the laptop.
I thought the 'C' in "DMCA" was for copyright but your explanation makes more sense.
Get out of my computer!
If you consider this an epic fail on the part of security experts, the HBGary incident must be a legen...
...dary fail.
wait for it
That line is known as the humor line.
From what I saw, the 'big empty volume' in the middle is used for the cylinder that appears to hold the actual computer. The rolled up part is just a screen that you hook up to the base.
I'm on a Mac and I use Delicious Library
My brother uses the different products from Collectorz which run on a bunch of platforms.
That was my second. The first one was earlier today: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2029710&cid=35431808.
I wonder if it's the same guy or if we're dealing with a copycat.
That was a "Reply" vs. "Reply All" joke.
Isn't there a law or something like that that states that anything that can be written in 10 lines of Perl can be written in 1 line of Perl?
(Sorry for the amount of 'that's in the previous sentence.)
I never look at the pictures, I only read the articles.
Safari porn sounds dirtier than Opera porn.
Conspiracy alert: They caused the nose cone problems to prevent those environmental satellites from confirming global warning!
:-P
YYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH.
like Pocahontas in space.
I'd be curious to see how often 'app store' was used in a generic sense before Apple started using it.