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Hagop Panosian, Learn iOS Application Distribution, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2683-4_2

2. The App Landscape

Hagop Panosian

(1)Yerevan, Armenia

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Software programs are also known as applications , or apps. Those that are run on desktop computers are known as desktop apps, while those that are run on mobile devices are referred to as mobile apps.

A mobile app is just a program, but one that was specifically designed to run on your smartphone. Apps have transformed the way we interact with software and how we use it to do the things we want to do. Supported by the smartphones that host them, apps have created incredible ...

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