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Old January 12th 19, 03:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Tim Slattery[_2_]
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Default Win XP to Win 10?

"Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote:


OK, so basically what we used to call our useful software programs in the
pre-Windows 10 era is now called "apps", and it's just a change in
terminology. And those "apps" are still just exe files.


True

I'm used to the term apps only for Android devices, where that terminology
is standard.


AFAIK, the "app" terminology started with smart phones. Before that,
we used applications.

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