Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: application
Definition: A program or set of programs that perform a task, for example, a payroll application; a software program or program package that makes calls to the operating system and manipulates data files, thus allowing a user to perform a specific job (such asaccounting or word processing).

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