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minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoI think I heard “applet” being mentioned for embedded java or something in the early 2000s. I don’t know if that’s connected.
minus-squareangstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoApple didn’t invent the word “app,” but I do think they pushed it because it was adjacent to the company’s name.
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI thought applet came first. Then “web apps” - but i think that’s a windows perspective. This claims they came from NEXT which apple bought in the 90s. https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/when-did-programs-become-apps.136416/ The thread also refers to bitmap image files as bumps which I’d still do if I ever saw a bump again. So the thread is legitimate.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoI’ve been coding since the '80s. I’ve never once heard anyone refer to a bitmap as a “bump”.
I think I heard “applet” being mentioned for embedded java or something in the early 2000s. I don’t know if that’s connected.
Apple didn’t invent the word “app,” but I do think they pushed it because it was adjacent to the company’s name.
I thought applet came first. Then “web apps” - but i think that’s a windows perspective.
This claims they came from NEXT which apple bought in the 90s. https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/when-did-programs-become-apps.136416/
The thread also refers to bitmap image files as bumps which I’d still do if I ever saw a bump again. So the thread is legitimate.
I’ve been coding since the '80s. I’ve never once heard anyone refer to a bitmap as a “bump”.