On Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:49:09 -0500, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

>On 1/30/2023 11:18, Stan Brown wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:27:23 -0500, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> On 1/26/2023 22:28, Stan Brown wrote:
>>>> [quoted text muted]
>>>> Control Panel in Windows 7 includes Add or Remove Programs, but if I
>>>> recall correctly it's called Programs and Features.
>>>
>>> Yes, that gets me every time... even though I've been using Windows 7
>>> for over 12 years. You'd think I'd have it down now, but I guess that
>>> the setup from Windows 9x/XP is just permanently ingrained into me.
>>
>> And just to make it funnier, on my Windows 10 system this morning I
>> wanted to uninstall VLC 2.x because it wouldn't auto-update to VLC
>> 3.x. I hit the Windows key, then typed "Programs" expecting the first
>> search result to be "Programs and Features". Instead, it was "Add or
>> Remove Programs"!
>
>Interesting... I'd test it here, but I'm still on W7.
>
>> When I clicked on it, though, I got "Apps and Features". I forgot
>> that Windows 10 calls programs "apps".
>
>That is mighty annoying to me. "Apps" are on a cell phone. Programs,
>or "applications", if you must, are on a computer.

It's annoying to me too, but I don't completely agree with your
definitions.

"App" is short for "application" and both "application" and "program"
are short for "application program." So they all essentially mean the
same thing, regardless of where they are located..

There are basically two kinds of programs--application programs and
utility programs--so at least in some situations, it's clearer to say
"application" than "program."

And as far as I'm concerned, a smart phone is essentially a computer,
albeit a pocket-sized one. Almost everything I do on my big desktop
computer, I could also do on my smart phone.

Personally, I never call anything an "app"--not even if it's on a
cell-phone--although I agree that that's where "app" is most often
used. But that's mostly because I usually prefer full names of things,
not abbreviations.

On 2/4/2023 9:48, Ken Blake wrote:
> Personally, I never call anything an "app"--not even if it's on a
> cell-phone--although I agree that that's where "app" is most often
> used. But that's mostly because I usually prefer full names of things,
> not abbreviations.

Grandma owned a fabric shop, and made custom draperies for years. She
would get upset if you called them "drapes".

I do know that "app" is short for "application", but it sounds that we
agree that it sounds too simplified and unprofessional.

On Sat, 04 Feb 2023 13:57:16 -0500, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

>On 2/4/2023 9:48, Ken Blake wrote:
>> Personally, I never call anything an "app"--not even if it's on a
>> cell-phone--although I agree that that's where "app" is most often
>> used. But that's mostly because I usually prefer full names of things,
>> not abbreviations.
>
>Grandma owned a fabric shop, and made custom draperies for years. She
>would get upset if you called them "drapes".
>
>I do know that "app" is short for "application", but it sounds that we
>agree that it sounds too simplified and unprofessional.

Yes, we agree.