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killer application  

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  • A computer application is a software program that performs a specific function, such as a word-processing or spreadsheet program. The earliest usage of the phrase killer application, or killer app, denoted a computer application so useful and popular that it would provide potential users with the motivation to purchase the hardware needed to run it. [Source: Encyclopedia of New Media; Killer Application]

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