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| genre = Application
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'''APP''' is an abbreviation for ]. The filename extension <tt>.app</tt> means application in ] (via ]), ], ], ], ] and ]. '''APP''' is an abbreviation for ]. The filename extension <tt>.app</tt> means application in ] (via ]), ], ], ], ] and ].
On the latter two systems, a <tt>.app</tt> file is actually a ] containing binaries and supporting files.<ref>, Mac OS X Reference Library, Apple Developer Center</ref> On Windows, AppWave from Embarcadero supplies the support to run .app Windows binaries. On the latter two systems, a <tt>.app</tt> file is actually a ] containing binaries and supporting files.<ref>, Mac OS X Reference Library, Apple Developer Center</ref> On Windows, AppWave from Embarcadero supplies the support to run .app Windows binaries.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

'''App''' may also refer to a lightweight application{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}, tailored to a device's form factor and input-output interfaces (key pad, touch pad, remote control, display, etc.). Devices may include such things as a mobile phone, a TV set, a cable or satellite receiver, a tablet PC, a printer - any device whose features can be extended through software.


==See also== ==See also==

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APP is an abbreviation for application. The filename extension .app means application in Windows (via AppWave), iOS, Symbian OS, SkyOS, GNUstep and Mac OS X. On the latter two systems, a .app file is actually a folder containing binaries and supporting files. On Windows, AppWave from Embarcadero supplies the support to run .app Windows binaries.

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  1. About Bundles, Mac OS X Reference Library, Apple Developer Center


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