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    APPLICATION PROGRAM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a taskplay

    Example:

    he has tried several different word processing applications

    Synonyms:

    application; application program; applications programme

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("application program" is a kind of...):

    computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "application program"):

    active application (an application that is currently running and in the foreground)

    applet (a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface)

    frame (an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently)

    browser; web browser (a program used to view HTML documents)

    natural language processing application; natural language processor (an application program that deals with natural language text)

    job ((computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit)

    word processing system; word processor (an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer)

    editor; editor program ((computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data)

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