smartphone app

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A smartphone app is a software application designed to run on mobile devices.

App is short for application, and smartphone apps range from games and social media to banking and navigation.

The term often shortens to just app when the mobile context is clear: I downloaded an app for tracking my runs.

Related

touchscreen · swipe · notification · update · install · widget · user interface · tap · loading · homescreen · developer · bug fix · store · launch · in-app purchase · crash · permission · data privacy

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Opposites
platform/device type

smartphone appdesktop application

Locally installed software program

web application · computer program · website · console game

technological modernity

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Basic tools for correspondence

manual process · paper map · card catalog · typewriter · face-to-face interaction

distribution model

smartphone appenterprise software

Organizational computer programs

legacy system

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G