applications

noun

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

(bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

Diligence; close thought or attention.

The act of physically applying or laying on.

The substance applied.

A kind of needlework; appliqué.

(computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.

(obsolete) Compliance.

Roots

plicoplic- · Latin · fold

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