application program

Questions about application program

What does application program mean?

application program means "a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task".

What is another word for application program?

Close synonyms include application, applications programme. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is application program a common word?

application program is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.