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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
killer appThe application that actually makes a sustaining market for a
promising but under-utilized technology. First used in the mid-1980s to
describe Lotus 1-2-3 once it became evident that demand for that product
had been the major driver of the early business market for IBM PCs. The
term was then restrospectively applied to VisiCalc, which had played a
similar role in the success of the Apple II. After 1994 it became
commonplace to describe the World Wide Web as the Internet's killer app.
One of the standard questions asked about each new personal-computer
technology as it emerges has become "what's the killer app?"
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
killer app
Αγγλικά n.
(ετ πληροφ en) υπερεφαρμογή
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
killer app
n.
(lb en informal computing) A killer application.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
killer app
n.
(lb en informal computing) A killer application.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
killer app
n.
(lb en informal computing) A killer application.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
killer app
n.
(lb en informal computing) A killer application.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
killer app /kˈɪləɹ ˈap/
äußerst populäres und erfolgreiches Computerprogramm [comp.]
Synonym: killer application
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
KILLER APP
(通常泛指极度成功与受欢迎的计算机应用软件)
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