Application/Distribution/Package/Software, whatever you call it, is any ‘application software’ - for app(s) - developed to execute special tasks to aid us in achieving our timed goals. After all, what are computers for?
From home (cookbook, decoration
gardening, home repair, Punch Professional Home Design);
personal (phonebooks),
entertainment [(games -Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Zuma &
Mario series), media players (VLC media player)];
education [(encyclopaedia
–Microsoft Encarta), (Mathematics –Maplesoft Maple,
MathType, Wolfram Mathematica), (Statistics –IBM SPSS, Minitab,
NCSS PASS, MedCalc)], Google Earth, Oxford Talking Dictionary];
productivity [(word
processing –Microsoft, LibreOffice Writer, OpenOffice Writer, Corel WordPerfect),
accounting, (e-mail client -Mailbird, MailWasher),
file
manager/viewer, simulators, (spreadsheet
–Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, Lotus123), (database –Microsoft
Access), (Web
browsers –Mozilla
Firefox, Opera, Internet explorer, Microsoft Edge, UC Browser)] to --
professional/specialty
software [(Computer
Aided Design –Autodesk Netfabb, Autodesk
PowerShape, Geometric Foundation, Camnetics, JewelCAD, TrueCAD); (programming
-Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio IDEs); (Image editing
–Adobe Photoshop, Architect 3D Ultimate, Artlantis, Autodesk 3DS Max, Autodesk
Maya, Blender, GIMP, NewTek LightWave, PlanetFactory, VectorWorks); (Video
editing –Adobe Premiere Pro, AVS Video Editor, CyberLink YouCam
Deluxe, MovieMator, Pinacle Studio, Pixar RenderMan, VideoScribe, Wondershare
Filmora); (web designing –Bootstrap studio, WYSIWYG Web
Builder, JetBrains Webstorm)] --and a multitude of apps employed at uncountable
arenas to accomplish the task at hand, these custom-size, running bytes of code
keep making computing such a time-taking marvel.
Whoa! That’s a sackful and there
are a lot of these and more out there
within the net & without, stored in multiple media and formats. They often
have distinct methods of installation depending on the platform.
Installing apps on Android, iPhone, Java & Symbian (S40 & S60 & S80 & S90), Windows mobile platforms:
For S40 java mobile phones (eg. Blackberry OS),
installing apps is as simple as downloading them into the phone and opening to enjoy the features just as
uninstalling is as simple as deleting the app file. One can download from sites
like WapX.WS or install from the likes of BlackBerry World, ovi store and opera mobile store, a platform-independent browser-based app store for Android, Java, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile.
File format/extension:
.jad & .jar, -‘java application
descriptor’, ‘java archive’.
With Symbian phones (Symbian OS), app
installation on phone began, such that after downloading, one starts the app to
install it to the phone so it can be used anytime later on. Format:
Though it has support for .jar, its
native format: .sis, .sisx.
Android (Android OS): Markets such as Google PlayStore, Aptoide, F-Droid, Blackmart
were developed for package management and websites are available for sideloading
(eg APKMirror, APK4Fun, APKMonk APKPure). Format:
.apk.
iPhone (iOS): With security enforcements of this brand,
apps can be installed from the App Store mainly. Sideloading isn't an option except in the case one seeking apps that way jailbreaks the concerned device. Format: .ipa.
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