application
n. act of applying; request; implementation; persistence, diligence; (Computer) computer program designed to perform a specific task for a user or other application (e.g. word processor, spreadsheet, Web browser, etc.); preparation that soothes when applied to the skin, prepartion that has antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | ||||
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Application Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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1. application program.
2. function application.
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1. application program.
2. function application.
Application Program Interface
<programming> (API, or "application programming interface") The interface (calling conventions) by which an application program accesses operating system and other services. An API is defined at source code level and provides a level of abstraction between the application and the kernel (or other privileged utilities) to ensure the portability of the code.
An API can also provide an interface between a high level language and lower level utilities and services which were written without consideration for the calling conventions supported by compiled languages. In this case, the API's main task may be the translation of parameter lists from one format to another and the interpretation of call-by-value and call-by-reference arguments in one or both directions.
(1995-02-15)
Systems Application Architecture
<programming> (SAA) IBM's family of standard interfaces which enable software to be written independently of hardware and operating system.
(1997-04-25)
application program
<programming, operating system> (Or "application", "app") A complete, self-contained program that performs a specific function directly for the user. This is in contrast to system software such as the operating system kernel, server processes and libraries which exists to support application programs.
Editors for various kinds of documents, spreadsheets, and text formatters are common examples of applications. Network applications include clients such as those for FTP, electronic mail, telnet and WWW.
The term is used fairly loosely, for instance, some might say that a client and server together form a distributed application, others might argue that editors and compilers were not applications but tools for building applications.
One distinction between an application program and the operating system is that applications always run in "user mode" (or "non-privileged mode"), while operating systems and related utilities may run in "supervisor mode" (or "privileged mode").
The term may also be used to distinguish programs which communicate via a graphical user interface from those which are executed from the command line.
(1994-11-28)
| Vb Glossary 1.0 |
Application
A collection of code and visual elements that work together as a single program. Developers can build and run applications within the development environment, while users usually run applications as executable files outside the development environment.
A collection of code and visual elements that work together as a single program. Developers can build and run applications within the development environment, while users usually run applications as executable files outside the development environment.
| Multimedia Glossary |
application
often called programs, the means by which you use the computer to combine technology and your work
often called programs, the means by which you use the computer to combine technology and your work
| Internet Glossary |
Application
A software program that performs a particular, useful function for you. Examples include WordPerfect, VersaTerm, EXCEL, etc.
A software program that performs a particular, useful function for you. Examples include WordPerfect, VersaTerm, EXCEL, etc.
| Internetworking Terms |
application
A program that performs a function directly for a user. eg. FTP, mail and Telnet clients are examples of network applications.
A program that performs a function directly for a user. eg. FTP, mail and Telnet clients are examples of network applications.
| The Internet Dictionary |
application
Software that executes a particular task, such as word processing or spreadsheet analysis.
Software that executes a particular task, such as word processing or spreadsheet analysis.
Application Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Dictionary of Military Terms |
application
1. The system or problem to which a computer is applied. Reference is often made to an application as being either of the computational type (arithmetic computations predominate) or of the data processing type (data handling operations predominate). 2. In the intelligence context, the direct extraction and tailoring of information from an existing foundation of intelligence and near real time reporting. It is focused on and meets specific, narrow requirements, normally on demand. (JP 2-0)
1. The system or problem to which a computer is applied. Reference is often made to an application as being either of the computational type (arithmetic computations predominate) or of the data processing type (data handling operations predominate). 2. In the intelligence context, the direct extraction and tailoring of information from an existing foundation of intelligence and near real time reporting. It is focused on and meets specific, narrow requirements, normally on demand. (JP 2-0)
Application Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Application
(n.)
The thing applied.
(n.)
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
(n.)
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
(n.)
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
(n.)
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
(n.)
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
(n.)
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
(n.)
Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
(n.)
A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
(n.)
The thing applied.
(n.)
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
(n.)
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
(n.)
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
(n.)
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
(n.)
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
(n.)
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
(n.)
Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
(n.)
A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
| WordNet 2.0 |
application
Noun
1. a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications"
(hypernym) request, petition, postulation
(hyponym) job application
(derivation) apply
2. the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
(synonym) practical application
(hypernym) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
(hyponym) misapplication
(derivation) lend oneself, apply
3. a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"
(synonym) application program, applications programme
(hypernym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
(hyponym) active application
4. the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
(synonym) coating, covering
(hypernym) manual labor, manual labour
(hyponym) anointing, anointment
(derivation) put on, apply
5. liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin"
(synonym) lotion
(hypernym) remedy, curative, cure
(hyponym) blackwash, black lotion
(derivation) put on, apply
6. a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application"
(synonym) diligence
(hypernym) effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
(derivation) apply
Noun
1. a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications"
(hypernym) request, petition, postulation
(hyponym) job application
(derivation) apply
2. the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
(synonym) practical application
(hypernym) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
(hyponym) misapplication
(derivation) lend oneself, apply
3. a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"
(synonym) application program, applications programme
(hypernym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
(hyponym) active application
4. the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
(synonym) coating, covering
(hypernym) manual labor, manual labour
(hyponym) anointing, anointment
(derivation) put on, apply
5. liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin"
(synonym) lotion
(hypernym) remedy, curative, cure
(hyponym) blackwash, black lotion
(derivation) put on, apply
6. a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application"
(synonym) diligence
(hypernym) effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
(derivation) apply
| hEnglish - advanced version |
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Application Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Application
The act of making a request for something; the paper on which the request is written is also called an application; as, an application to chancery for leave to invest trust funds; an application to an insurance company for insurance. In the land law of Pennsylvania, an application is understood to be a request in writing to have a certain quantity of land at or near a certain place therein mentioned.
An application for insurance ought to state the facts truly as to the object to be insured, for if any false representation be made with a fraudulent intent, it will avoid the policy.
By application is also meant the use or disposition of a thing; as the application of purchase money.
In some cases a purchaser who buys trust property is required, to see to the application of thee purchase money, and if be neglects to do so, and it be misapplied, he will be considered as a trustee of the property he has so purchased. The subject will be examined by considering, 1, the kind of property to be sold; 2, the cases where the purchaser is bound to see to the application of the purchase money in consequence of the wording of the deed of trust.
Personal property is liable, in the hands of the executor, for the payment of debts, and the purchaser is therefore exempted from seeing to the application of the purchase money, although it may have been bequeathed to be sold for the payment of debts.
With regard to real estate, which is not a fund at law for the payment of debt's, except where it is made so by act of assembly, or by direction in the will of the testator or deed of trust, the purchaser from an executor or trustee may be liable for the application of the purchase money. And it will now be proper to consider the cases where such liability exists.
Upon the sale of real estate, a trustee in whom the legal title is vested, can it law give a valid discharge for the purchase money, because he is the owner at law. In equity, on the contrary, the persons among whom the produce of the sale is to be distributed are considered the owners; and a purchaser must obtain a discharge from them, unless the power of giving receipts is either expressly or by implication given to t-he trustees to, give receipts for the purchase money. It is, for this reason, usual to provide in wills and trust deeds that the purchaser shall not be required to see to the application of the purchase money.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
The act of making a request for something; the paper on which the request is written is also called an application; as, an application to chancery for leave to invest trust funds; an application to an insurance company for insurance. In the land law of Pennsylvania, an application is understood to be a request in writing to have a certain quantity of land at or near a certain place therein mentioned.
An application for insurance ought to state the facts truly as to the object to be insured, for if any false representation be made with a fraudulent intent, it will avoid the policy.
By application is also meant the use or disposition of a thing; as the application of purchase money.
In some cases a purchaser who buys trust property is required, to see to the application of thee purchase money, and if be neglects to do so, and it be misapplied, he will be considered as a trustee of the property he has so purchased. The subject will be examined by considering, 1, the kind of property to be sold; 2, the cases where the purchaser is bound to see to the application of the purchase money in consequence of the wording of the deed of trust.
Personal property is liable, in the hands of the executor, for the payment of debts, and the purchaser is therefore exempted from seeing to the application of the purchase money, although it may have been bequeathed to be sold for the payment of debts.
With regard to real estate, which is not a fund at law for the payment of debt's, except where it is made so by act of assembly, or by direction in the will of the testator or deed of trust, the purchaser from an executor or trustee may be liable for the application of the purchase money. And it will now be proper to consider the cases where such liability exists.
Upon the sale of real estate, a trustee in whom the legal title is vested, can it law give a valid discharge for the purchase money, because he is the owner at law. In equity, on the contrary, the persons among whom the produce of the sale is to be distributed are considered the owners; and a purchaser must obtain a discharge from them, unless the power of giving receipts is either expressly or by implication given to t-he trustees to, give receipts for the purchase money. It is, for this reason, usual to provide in wills and trust deeds that the purchaser shall not be required to see to the application of the purchase money.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
| USPTO Patent and Trademark Glossary |
application (patent)
an application for patent filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that includes all types of patent applications (i.e., utility, design, plant, and reissue) except provisional applications. The nonprovisional application establishes the filing date and initiates the examination process. A nonprovisional utility patent application must include a specification, including a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration; and the prescribed filing fee.
-- see How to Get a Patent for guides for each type of patent application
Context: Patent
an application for patent filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that includes all types of patent applications (i.e., utility, design, plant, and reissue) except provisional applications. The nonprovisional application establishes the filing date and initiates the examination process. A nonprovisional utility patent application must include a specification, including a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration; and the prescribed filing fee.
-- see How to Get a Patent for guides for each type of patent application
Context: Patent
application (trademark)
a document by which a person requests a federal trademark registration. To receive a filing date, an application must include (1) the applicant's name, (2) a name and address for correspondence, (3) a clear drawing of the mark sought to be registered, (4) a list of the goods or services, and (5) the application filing fee. -- see File a Trademark Application
Context: Trademark
| Divorcesource.com Dictionary |
APPLICATION
the primary step in all divorce proceedings and court order. (The standard forms are available from the court office.
the primary step in all divorce proceedings and court order. (The standard forms are available from the court office.
| HMCS Legal Terms |
Application
The act of applying to a Court
The act of applying to a Court
| PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Glossary |
Application (international -)
Application for the protection of an invention. References to an "application" are construed as references to applications for patents for inventions, inventors? certificates, utility certificates, utility models, patents or certificates of addition, inventors? certificates of addition and utility certificates of addition.
Application for the protection of an invention. References to an "application" are construed as references to applications for patents for inventions, inventors? certificates, utility certificates, utility models, patents or certificates of addition, inventors? certificates of addition and utility certificates of addition.
| Canadian Insolvency Dictionary |
Application
The act of making a request usually of the Court, for example, an application to have a bankrupt discharged.
The act of making a request usually of the Court, for example, an application to have a bankrupt discharged.
Application Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
application
noun
(a) asking for a job (usually in writing); if you are applying for the job, you must fill in an application form
(b) putting a substance on; two applications of the lotion should be made each day
noun
(a) asking for a job (usually in writing); if you are applying for the job, you must fill in an application form
(b) putting a substance on; two applications of the lotion should be made each day
| Drugs@FDA Glossary |
Application Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Energy Glossary |
APPLICATION
Application means any request for certification of any site and related facility filed in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this division. An applicant for a geothermal powerplant and related facilities may propose more than one site and related geothermal facilities in the same application. AREA
Application means any request for certification of any site and related facility filed in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this division. An applicant for a geothermal powerplant and related facilities may propose more than one site and related geothermal facilities in the same application. AREA
| ETSI and 3GPP |
Application
An application consists of a set of security mechanisms, files, data and protocols (excluding transmission protocols).
An application consists of a set of security mechanisms, files, data and protocols (excluding transmission protocols).
| Technical English by wpv |
Application
Software that lets users do relatively complex tasks, as well as create and modify documents. Common application types include word processors, spreadsheets, database managers, and presentation graphics programs.
Software that lets users do relatively complex tasks, as well as create and modify documents. Common application types include word processors, spreadsheets, database managers, and presentation graphics programs.
Application Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Leasing |
Application
A document requesting a leasing company to lease- completed by a prospective lessee- containing information about the lessee and the equipment.
A document requesting a leasing company to lease- completed by a prospective lessee- containing information about the lessee and the equipment.
| Railroad-Related Terms |
Application
Consists of all of the operations from the time the brake pipe reduction is started until the brake is released.
Consists of all of the operations from the time the brake pipe reduction is started until the brake is released.
Application Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Astrological Terms |
Application
The approach of one planet to another, or to a sensitive point in the chart, such as a cusp.
The approach of one planet to another, or to a sensitive point in the chart, such as a cusp.
Application Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Application
Application may refer to:
- Application software, in computing
- Application layer, in computer networks, used in describing a type of networking protocols
- Application server
- Application form, including a college application
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