when did a program become an app ?

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On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.

On 08/07/2020 18:04, Andrew wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.
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On 08/07/2020 18:04, Andrew wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.
silly

The language has been slaughtered.

A program tells a device how to run.

An application is when you stick your smartphone under a table leg
because the beer mat isn't thick enough.

Remember when "doing a shop" was something you could get arrested
for?

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On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

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On 08/07/2020 22:57, Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.


Everything from the "Microsoft Store" that runs on a PC under Windoze 10
is labelled an App.

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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote

when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.

On 08/07/2020 22:57, Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

There always was application programming and system programming...

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On 08/07/2020 22:57, Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

Everything from the "Microsoft Store" that runs on a PC under Windoze 10
is labelled an App.

Thats a much more recent thing than the original use of the term app.

On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.
so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

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On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.

so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

Or in the mustang either, you dinosaur.

On 09/07/2020 07:48, Rod Speed wrote:


"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.

so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

Or in the mustang either, you dinosaur.

mustang has plenty of computer **** unfortunately.....

......Nokia 1100 was for me the pinnacle of cellphone design.....it is
very small you can sit on it ....it has a mono screen you can read in
the brightest sun shine....battery lasts forever ....you charge it with
a wired hand free in the car.... the ring is very loud....no touch
screen you can operate it without even looking.....perfect phone...don't
get me wrong I have plenty of androids for zello etc but I always go
back to my 1100...I don't follow the sheep

Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.
so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

cell phone

noun: cell phone

a phone with access to a cellular radio system so it can be
used over a wide area, without a physical connection to a
network; a mobile phone.

fea·ture phone

noun: feature phone

a mobile phone that incorporates features such as the ability
to access the Internet and store and play music but lacks
the advanced functionality of a smartphone.

smart·phone

noun: smart-phone

a mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer,
typically having a touchscreen interface, Internet access, and
an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.

*******

Now, compare the things your phone does, to those examples.

Yours is not a smart phone, and it's unlikely to connect to the
Google Store or the Apple Store, to acquire new Apps. The
Android OS is a mate for the Google Store.

Yours has an alarm clock and some sort of reminder thing.
Which is an example of a "firmware application", one that
is in the box from the start. They could put anything they
wanted in it that way, except it would need more Flash memory
to store all that stuff, and it would need more RAM for
complex functions like a web browser. That's where the Smart Phone
comes in. Some Smart Phones have 12GB of RAM, which is more than
some new desktop computers ship with. Nobody is quite sure
why those phones got 12GB - it's going to be mostly a waste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_1100

One feature yours has got, is the phone can run for 400 hours
on one charge, during which time it's ready to receive
incoming calls. And that's pretty impressive. There are other
fancy devices, that they have to be charged every day and a half
to two days. Yours is like eight times better... at being a phone.

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On 09/07/2020 08:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 09/07/2020 07:48, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.

so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

Or in the mustang either, you dinosaur.

mustang has plenty of computer **** unfortunately.....

.....Nokia 1100 was for me the pinnacle of cellphone design.....it is
very small you can sit on it ....it has a mono screen you can read in
the brightest sun shine....battery lasts forever ....you charge it with
a wired hand free in the car.... the ring is very loud....no touch
screen you can operate it without even looking.....perfect phone...don't
get me wrong I have plenty of androids for zello etc but I always go
back to my 1100...I don't follow the sheep
my '66 mustang was devoide of all computer crap ....

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App is merely short for application and application seems to have become the
term back in the XP days, and personally, its a bit of a misnamed thing, but
then so is program or programme depending on where you are.
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On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.

TVs now have apps of course.
I'm sure in the future, even toasters will run apps. Alexa for example runs
apps but they run in the cloud and not on the device, which is why alexa is
dumb without an internet connection.
What I don't get is this. The Echo series can walk you through a set up by
using the voice prompts and an app on the phone, yet nobody has seemingly
bothered about putting a voice on the bios of a computer to help out have
they?
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On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form part
of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

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On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

when I wanted to join a Zoom meeting yesterday on my PC, I was told to
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 08:36:03 +0100, "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)"
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App is merely short for application and application seems to have become the
term back in the XP days, and personally, its a bit of a misnamed thing, but
then so is program or programme depending on where you are.
Brian

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On 09/07/2020 08:21, Paul wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.
so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

cell phone

noun: cell phone

Â*Â*Â* a phone with access to a cellular radio system so it can be
Â*Â*Â* used over a wide area, without a physical connection to a
Â*Â*Â* network; a mobile phone.

fea·ture phone

noun: feature phone

Â*Â*Â* a mobile phone that incorporates features such as the ability
Â*Â*Â* to access the Internet and store and play music but lacks
Â*Â*Â* the advanced functionality of a smartphone.

smart·phone

noun: smart-phone

Â*Â*Â* a mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer,
Â*Â*Â* typically having a touchscreen interface, Internet access, and
Â*Â*Â* an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.

*******

Now, compare the things your phone does, to those examples.

Yours is not a smart phone, and it's unlikely to connect to the
Google Store or the Apple Store, to acquire new Apps. The
Android OS is a mate for the Google Store.

Yours has an alarm clock and some sort of reminder thing.
Which is an example of a "firmware application", one that
is in the box from the start. They could put anything they
wanted in it that way, except it would need more Flash memory
to store all that stuff, and it would need more RAM for
complex functions like a web browser. That's where the Smart Phone
comes in. Some Smart Phones have 12GB of RAM, which is more than
some new desktop computers ship with. Nobody is quite sure
why those phones got 12GB - it's going to be mostly a waste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_1100

One feature yours has got, is the phone can run for 400 hours
on one charge, during which time it's ready to receive
incoming calls. And that's pretty impressive. There are other
fancy devices, that they have to be charged every day and a half
to two days. Yours is like eight times better... at being a phone.

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On 09/07/2020 07:48, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.

so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

Or in the mustang either, you dinosaur.

mustang has plenty of computer **** unfortunately.....

But no apps.

.....Nokia 1100 was for me the pinnacle of cellphone design.....

Typical dinosaur.

it is very small you can sit on it ....

Not with your lard arse you cant.

it has a mono screen you can read in the brightest sun shine....
battery lasts forever ....

Bull**** it does.

you charge it with a wired hand free in the car....

You can with any smartphone.

the ring is very loud....

Bull**** it is.

no touch screen you can operate it without even looking.....

You can tell any decent smartphone what to do.

perfect phone...

Nope, now useless dinosaur.

don't get me wrong I have plenty of androids for zello etc but I always go
back to my 1100...

Because you are a dinosaur.

I don't follow the sheep

We have the video of you ****ing them.

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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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On 08/07/2020 23:47, Rod Speed wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote
when did a program become an app ?

With smartphones.

so I don't have any on my nokia 1100 then ? ......

Or in the mustang either, you dinosaur.

mustang has plenty of computer **** unfortunately.....

.....Nokia 1100 was for me the pinnacle of cellphone design.....it is
very small you can sit on it ....it has a mono screen you can read in the
brightest sun shine....battery lasts forever ....you charge it with a
wired hand free in the car.... the ring is very loud....no touch screen
you can operate it without even looking.....perfect phone...don't get me
wrong I have plenty of androids for zello etc but I always go back to my
1100...I don't follow the sheep

my '66 mustang was devoide of all computer crap ....

And was a lot more farting around because it was.

"Brian Gaff (Sofa)" wrote in message
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TVs now have apps of course.
I'm sure in the future, even toasters will run apps. Alexa for example
runs apps but they run in the cloud and not on the device, which is why
alexa is dumb without an internet connection.

What I don't get is this. The Echo series can walk you through a set up by
using the voice prompts and an app on the phone, yet nobody has seemingly
bothered about putting a voice on the bios of a computer to help out have
they?

Don’t need to when they work out of the box.

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On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

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Brian Gaff (Sofa) submitted this idea :
App is merely short for application and application seems to have become the
term back in the XP days, and personally, its a bit of a misnamed thing, but
then so is program or programme depending on where you are.

I first came across it for phones, for computers and other things, I
default to programs, firmware and software. Who updates their MS
Windows 10 App? Its a software update, just as it has always been.

Mike Halmarack wrote :
Near where "Full Stop" or "Period" became "dot"?

The full stop became a dot, when email addresses were exchanged
verbally.

Jim GM4DHJ ... brought next idea :
no touch screen you can operate it without even looking.....perfect
phone...don't get me wrong I have plenty of androids for zello etc but I
always go back to my 1100...I don't follow the sheep

Working, driving and constant phone calls, I wouldn't welcome a touch
screen, but now - not trying to juggle driving and talking, I'm fine
with an Iphone and its touch screen.

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Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

when I wanted to join a Zoom meeting yesterday on my PC, I was told to
download the 'App'.


Windows 8 brought "Apps". Only new to those moving from 7 to 10.

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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 17:46:43 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
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when did a program become an app ?
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone

In article ,
Robin wrote:
On 09/07/2020 09:10, charles wrote:
In article ,
Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

when I wanted to join a Zoom meeting yesterday on my PC, I was told to
download the 'App'.


Windows 8 brought "Apps". Only new to those moving from 7 to 10.

Acorn used apps long before either. Like near 40 years ago.

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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 18:31:57 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
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On 08/07/2020 18:04, Andrew wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.
silly

The language has been slaughtered.

A program tells a device how to run.

An application is when you stick your smartphone under a table leg
because the beer mat isn't thick enough.

Remember when "doing a shop" was something you could get arrested
for?

Um

No?

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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 18:31:57 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
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On 08/07/2020 18:04, Andrew wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.
silly

The language has been slaughtered.

A program tells a device how to run.

An application is when you stick your smartphone under a table leg
because the beer mat isn't thick enough.

Remember when "doing a shop" was something you could get arrested
for?

Um

No?

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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 18:31:57 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
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On 08/07/2020 18:04, Andrew wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.
silly

The language has been slaughtered.

A program tells a device how to run.

An application is when you stick your smartphone under a table leg
because the beer mat isn't thick enough.

Remember when "doing a shop" was something you could get arrested
for?

Um

No?

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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 18:31:57 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
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On 08/07/2020 18:04, Andrew wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
when did a program become an app ?


After Win7 it seems.
silly

The language has been slaughtered.

A program tells a device how to run.

An application is when you stick your smartphone under a table leg
because the beer mat isn't thick enough.

Remember when "doing a shop" was something you could get arrested
for?

Um

No?

On 09/07/2020 13:55, Robin wrote:
On 09/07/2020 09:10, charles wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

when I wanted to join a Zoom meeting yesterday on my PC, I was told to
download the 'App'.


Windows 8 brought "Apps".Â* Only new to those moving from 7 to 10.

I bought a brand new windows 8.1 laptop and it was like getting into
your car and finding all the controls moved around and when you do start
to drive it all the road signs have been changed......sold it

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On 09/07/2020 13:55, Robin wrote:
On 09/07/2020 09:10, charles wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* Max Demian wrote:
On 08/07/2020 17:46, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

when did a program become an app ?

It's mainly smart phones and tablets have apps. Actually it's more
accurate as it distinguishes application programs from ones that form
part of the operating system or utilities like compilers.

when I wanted to join a Zoom meeting yesterday on my PC, I was told to
download the 'App'.


Windows 8 brought "Apps".Â* Only new to those moving from 7 to 10.

I bought a brand new windows 8.1 laptop and it was like getting into
your car and finding all the controls moved around and when you do start
to drive it all the road signs have been changed......sold it

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