English noun: application program |
1. | application program (communication) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task |
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| Samples | He has tried several different word processing applications.
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| Synonyms | application, applications programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | active application, applet, browser, editor, editor program, frame, job, natural language processing application, natural language processor, web browser, word processing system, word processor |
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