Definition of APPLICATION. Meaning of APPLICATION. Synonyms of APPLICATION

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Definition of APPLICATION

Application
Application Ap`pli*ca"tion, n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply.] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. 2. The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. --Johnson. 3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. --Locke. 4. 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.

Meaning of APPLICATION from wikipedia

- Look up application or applications in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Application may refer to: Application software, computer software designed to...
- the computer. An application (app, application program, software application) is any program that can be categorized as application software. Common types...
- An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communication protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications...
- A single-page application (SPA) is a web application or website that interacts with the user by dynamically rewriting the current web page with new data...
- A web application (or web app) is application software that is created with web technologies and runs via a web browser. Web applications emerged during...
- Application retirement, also called application decommissioning and application sunsetting, is the practice of shutting down redundant or obsolete business...
- An application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering...
- An application server is a server that hosts applications or software that delivers a business application through a communication protocol. For a typical...
- Application virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed...
- An application firewall is a form of firewall that controls input/output or system calls of an application or service. It operates by monitoring and blocking...