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Old 06-04-2023, 05:53 PM   #1476
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
I think the use of "app" as short for "application" predates "smart" phones by decades.
But its usage took off with the advent of the iPhone in 2007.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/grap...19&smoothing=3

I dislike the exclamatory manner in which the wordlet is pronounced by many Australian and British radio and television presenters - in particular those who work for the respective public broadcasters.

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