Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 4:35:13 PM UTC-4, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > And I agree with you to on that cutesy little abbreviation "app".
> > I've written computer programs, and some call them "applications".
> > I don't, I call them programs! Everything on your computer or phone
> > is a program, EVERYTHING!! You never work with the actual hardware
> > except maybe to plug in to charge or plug in earbuds with cell
> > phones. You don't even have a hardware on/off switch, that's
> > software too!
>
> I beg to differ. I've written programs whose function I had to test
> with a voltmeter.
>
> Generally, "application" refers to programs that are used by a
> person, as opposed to daemons or other programs that are used by the
> computer itself.
>
> Some of my PCs have a hard switch on the back.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Grin, all of my PC's have a hard switch at the back. Has 3 prongs....

Seriously though, agreed. Apps (or applications) are used by people
and daemons are by the computer direct activation. Daemons from my
training are programs that are triggered by another computer
program/event.

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