What is the difference between an application and a program?
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program tends to be the more general term while application tends to refer to a tool with a GUI
I mean, those words are still used by people in technical fields. It's the laypeople who use "app" for everything, and even if "app" didn't exist, they would still pick one generic word like "software" or "program" for everything since they don't know the difference between any of the words on the left side.
An interesting way to misspell "subscription"
"Hey, wanna develop an app?"
