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ith the ad ancement in technology  smartphones play an important role in our daily li e.  o e er
                 the main  unction o  the smartphones is telecommunication   ut no   ith the help o  apps  you
                 can do many things  hich  ere unimagina le on smartphones.  ou can per orm  arious tas s on
                 smartphones such as online  ill payment  online shopping   ideo calling  message chat  and play
                 game.

                 What is an App?

                 An app is a so t are program primarily de eloped  or hand held smart de ices such as mo ile and
                 ta let.  t helps the users to per orm their personal and pro essional tas s more effecti ely. The
                 app is a modern term deri ed  rom the  ord application.  enerally  the  ord app is used to re er
                 the applications on smart de ices such as mo iles and ta lets. Thousands o  apps are a aila le  or
                 smart de ices.  ost o  the apps are  reely do nloada le  rom app store.  o e er  some o  the apps
                 need to  e purchased  rom the app store.
                 The three most popular app stores are Googleʼs Play Store, Appleʼs App Store, and Microsoft
                 Store.

                 There are mainly three types o  applications   hich are
                   Desktop: The application that is mainly de eloped  or computer or laptop is called a des top
                   application. This type o  application depends on the hard are and operating system on  hich it
                   is going to use.  t is usually de eloped  or a particular operating system. Some o  the e amples o
                   des top applications are Paint  Notepad  and Word.


                    Mobile:  o ile application  also  no n as mo ile app  is so t are program that is de eloped
                    or  hand held  de ices  such  as  smartphones  and  ta lets.  These  apps  are  installed  and  run
                   on  the  de ice  itsel .  Some  o   the  e amples  o   mo ile  apps  are  Snapchat   WhatsApp   and
                   Facebook Messenger.

                   Web: A  e  app is an application program that is stored on a remote ser er and accessed o er
                   the  nternet through a  e   ro ser inter ace. Some o  the mo ile apps and  e  apps loo  and
                    or  in the same  ay   ith  ery little di  erence  et een them.  o e er  these t o are  ery
                   di  erent  rom each other. One o  the ma or di  erences is that the  e  apps re uire an  nternet
                   connection to  or .

                                                                                       Critical Thinking
                       Quest                                                           Information Literacy



                      Di  erentiate des top and  e  apps.















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