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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days 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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Who has ever called a batch file an app

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I remember "killer app" being a phrase I regularly heard in the 90's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

But also, you're right. Here's an article from 1994 describing Visicalc as a "Killer App" from the late 1970's, that prompted people to buy personal computers.

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