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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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