Definition of apps

app

noun

"application."
I got this slick app for my phone.

Citation from "The Great Language Land Grab", The New York Times, Ben Zimmer, March 26 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Citation from "He Has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, He'll Be 18.", The New York Times, Brian Stetler, March 25 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Mar 25 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
an appetizer.
Do you guys want apps?
- See more words with the same meaning: food.
Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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TTYL	Definitions include: acronym for "talk to you later".
TIA	Definitions include: acronym for "thanks in advance".
batch up	Definitions include: to accumulate of a number of small tasks (usually of the same kind,) that can be performed at once for greater efficiency.
PEBKAC	Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between keyboard and chair".
SFW	Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work."
LOL	Definitions include: acronym of "laugh out loud" or "laughing out loud."
compooter	Definitions include: a computer that malfunctions frequently.
bit rot	Definitions include: a hypothetical disease that causes programs to run more poorly over time and causes documents to become corrupted.
freeware	Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman.
LEL	Definitions include: "LOL" with the O replaced with an E.
doorstop	Definitions include: a piece of non-functioning or outdated equipment that is inexplicably kept on premises - perhaps to serve as a doorstop.
'puter	Definitions include: "computer."
IDEK	Definitions include: acronym for "I don't even know".
flame bait	Definitions include: a post to a discussion forum that is intended to incite flames.
careware	Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity.
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Other terms relating to 'food':
colon blow	Definitions include: diarrhea.
mac and cheese	Definitions include: "macaroni" and cheese.
nosh	Definitions include: oral sex given to a male.
frogurt	Definitions include: "frozen yogurt".
cuke	Definitions include: "cucumber".
banger	Definitions include: a person who one wants to bang (i.e. have sex with.)
UFO	Definitions include: acronym for "unidentifiable food-like object".
froyo	Definitions include: frozen yogurt.
grub	Definitions include: good tasting.
slumgullion	Definitions include: a pasta dish prepared with loose ground meat, tomato sauce, and pasta (such as small sea shells or elbow macaroni.)
spuckie	Definitions include: a submarine sandwich.
fast food	Definitions include: food from a restaurant, prepared quickly.
weenie	Definitions include: penis
sarnies	Definitions include: sandwiches.
grinder	Definitions include: a sandwich, also called "hoagie" or "sub."
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killer app	Definitions include: a computer program that single-handedly or near single-handedly makes a computing platform popular.