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Achilles' Heel, the Myth
(a myth which has become a physical-medical application)
-ard, -art +
(a suffix which forms nouns that refer to people who regularly engage in some activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem or root of the word; originally, which appeared in Middle English in words from Old French where it expressed an intensive degree or with a pejorative application)
elasmo-
(Greek: to drive, strike, beat out; general application is "beaten metal, metal plate")
Word Entries at Get Words: “application”
app, application (AP, ap" li KAY shuhn) (s) (noun), apps, applications (pl)
1. The term app is defined as a shorthand abbreviation of application, meaning a way of using a product or program: "That app doesn't work on this computer."
2. A complete, self-contained application program that performs a specific function directly for the user.

This is in contrast to system software; such as, the operating system kernel, server processes, libraries which exists to support application programs and utility programs.

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application
A computer program that performs a particular task; such as, a word-processing or a spreadsheet software.
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