APPLICATIONS PROGRAMME

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 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)

Sense 1

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; application program; applications programme

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)

frame (an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently)

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)