I hate that this meme never explains what application meant 'back then'
I get that it's a problem now, but if it had a clear enough definition back then, maybe this couldn't have occurred the way it did?

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I always understood "application" like a gadget in the software world that just resolved one specific problem, and had that own definition till got distorted

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is really, "what techs call it" and "what non-techs call it".

As a tech, I usually know what someone means when they "app".

It's "glitch" that drives me mad though. Glitch sounds like a ghost caused the error one tine only, versus some lazy coder.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be fair i would consider a glitch to be closer to a ghost causing it than a lazy developer.

I consider a "bug" to be something caused by the code (bad error handling, bad logic, etc) and a "glitch" to be something more random or environmental

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[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

They trying the Algorithm to AI nowdays.

[–] _____@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I very much hate the word app. That's probably my biggest boomer trait.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For me, it's cloud.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You should check the Cloud to Butt extension. It is immature, but it can make you laugh

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I powered on my computer, my app started, which started my main app, which started my essential apps, which started my app that I use to open my other app, which I use to go to my other app that I use to watch other apps being used by otgher people.

You will get an invisible candy if you can correctly decode this.

[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'll bite: I powered on my computer. My bios started which started my init process, which started my daemons, which started my login manager (maybe slim), which started my DE (maybe gnome), which I use to go to my browser in order to watch other people stream video games.

I'm dicey on what the browser is being used for - maybe security software? - but I feel like it's plausible.

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[–] applemao@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I hate the term. It waters down true programmers and hard work. 9 year old rips off someone and makes game, "app". Actual software dev makes useful program using hard work and their own assets, "app".

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I miss when game had content patches instead of dlc

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What's the difference between an application and a program?

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Historically, an app is something with very limited uses, and a program is more powerful.

Adobe PhotoShop is a program. Apple Photos is an app.

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