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Definition of Application

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Definition: The terms executable, program and application are often used to mean the same thing. Strictly though a program or executable refers to one file that can be run. An application can be anything from a single executable program to something the size of Ms Word, made up of many executables.

Glossary:

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Also Known As: Program, Executable.
Examples:
My text processing application took three hours to populate the database.
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