application

Meaning

Noun

• The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
• The substance applied.
• 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.
• 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.
• A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
• The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
• Diligence; close thought or attention.
• A kind of needlework; appliqué.
• Compliance.

Related

Similar words

• software, program, app

Narrower meaning words

• array application
• aspect-oriented application
• asynchronous application
• attribute-oriented application
• class-based application
• classless application
• command-line interface application
• concept application
• concurrent application
• console application
• constraint application
• data-driven application
• dataflow application
• data-oriented application
• data structure application
• decision table application
• declarative application
• defensive application
• dual-paradigm application
• dynamic application
• dynamically-typed application
• embeddable application
• end-user application
• event-based application
• event-driven application
• evolutionary application
• flow-based application
• functional application
• generic application
• graphical user interface application
• imperative application
• instance-based application
• iterative application
• language-oriented application
• list-based application
• logic-based application
• machine application
• macro application
• mathematical application
• metaapplication
• modular application
• monolithic application
• multi-page application
• multi-paradigm application
• natural language application
• nondeterministic application
• non-structured application
• object-oriented application
• partial application
• partial function application
• probabilistic application
• process-oriented application
• prototype-based application
• reactive application
• recursive application
• reflective application
• role-oriented application
• rule-based application
• single-page application
• stack-based application
• static application
• statically typed application
• structured application
• subject-oriented application
• synchronous application
• user interface application
• visual application
• XML-based application
• Web application

Origin

• From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō, from applicō.