APPLICATIONS PROGRAMME
Dictionary entry overview: What does applications programme mean?
• APPLICATIONS PROGRAMME (noun)
The noun APPLICATIONS PROGRAMME has 1 sense:
1. a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
Familiarity information: APPLICATIONS PROGRAMME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APPLICATIONS PROGRAMME (noun)
Meaning:
A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
application program; applications programme; application
Context example:
he has tried several different word processing applications
Hypernyms ("applications programme" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applications programme"):
active application (an application that is currently running and in the foreground)
applet (a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface)
browser; web browser (a program used to view HTML documents)
natural language processing application; natural language processor (an application program that deals with natural language text)
job ((computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit)
word processing system; word processor (an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer)
editor; editor program ((computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data)
