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/ap/ , n. Short for application program , as opposed to a systems program. Apps are what systems vendors are forever chasing developers to create for their environments so they can sell more boxes. Hackers tend not to think of the things they themselves run as apps; thus, in hacker parlance the term excludes compilers, program editors, games, and messaging systems, though a user would consider all those to be apps. (Broadly, an app is often a self-contained environment for performing some well-defined task such as word processing ; hackers tend to prefer more general-purpose tools.) See killer app ; oppose tool , operating system.
*** apptivism
The misguided belief that merely developing a mobile phone app is of itself sufficient to change society for the better. The single minded focus upon apps as a sticking plaster solution to well entrenched social problems. Also sometimes known as "technocratic solutionism".
*** apptivist
A software developer who works on mobile apps aimed at overcoming social problems. Similar to a hacktivist, but specialised upon mobile apps.
*** architecture astronaut
Someone who over-designs systems at a highly abstract level, with little or no appreciation for how they will be implemented. Example: "What should have been a 5-line function was turned into a 10-class monstrosity by my architecture astronaut boss."

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/ap/ , n. Short for application program , as opposed to a systems program. Apps are what systems vendors are forever chasing developers to create for their environments so they can sell more boxes. Hackers tend not to think of the things they themselves run as apps; thus, in hacker parlance the term excludes compilers, program editors, games, and messaging systems, though a user would consider all those to be apps. (Broadly, an app is often a self-contained environment for performing some well-defined task such as word processing ; hackers tend to prefer more general-purpose tools.) See killer app ; oppose tool , operating system.
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<H4>apptivism</H4>
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The misguided belief that merely developing a mobile phone app is of itself sufficient to change society for the better. The single minded focus upon apps as a sticking plaster solution to well entrenched social problems. Also sometimes known as "technocratic solutionism".
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<H4>apptivist</H4>
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A software developer who works on mobile apps aimed at overcoming social problems. Similar to a hacktivist, but specialised upon mobile apps.
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<H4>architecture astronaut</H4>
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Someone who over-designs systems at a highly abstract level, with little or no appreciation for how they will be implemented. Example: "What should have been a 5-line function was turned into a 10-class monstrosity by my architecture astronaut boss."