1
: application sense 3
a word processing app
especially
: an application designed for a mobile device (such as a smartphone)
Health-insurance companies and government officials alike are drawn to the ability of smartphone apps to reach tough-to-access patients, to effect long-term lifestyle changes, and to do it all at a very low cost. —
Marcellus Hall
see also killer app
Marcellus Hall 2
informal
: appetizer
… the hidden video monitors that tell the cooks when the V.I.P.'s have finished their apps …—Thomas McNamee
Thomas McNamee1
apparatus
2
appendix
3
appliance
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Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 16 June 2025
The app can customize EQ settings, switch listening modes and access the firmware updates.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
The free app Merlin Bird ID from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology does both.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
However, breaches do not always originate from hospitals or health apps.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
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Since there are no radios in the module, a custom iPad app was the only way the filmmakers could make on-the-fly changes to the camera.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 16 June 2025
The app can customize EQ settings, switch listening modes and access the firmware updates.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
The free app Merlin Bird ID from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology does both.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
However, breaches do not always originate from hospitals or health apps.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
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“App.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/app. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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