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Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the talk page for details. | A killer application (commonly shortened to killer app), in the jargon of computer programmers and video gamers, has come to mean any program, particularly a minor one, that is ingeniously coded or unexpectedly useful. Originally, and more broadly, "killer app" has been used to refer to any computer program that is so necessary or desirable that it provides the core value of some larger technology, such as a gaming console, software, operating system, or piece of computer hardware. In this sense, a killer app substantially increases sales of the hardware that supports it. Image File history File links Circle-question. ...
A computer program is a collection of instructions that describe a task, or set of tasks, to be carried out by a computer. ...
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Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware. ...
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 VisiCalc, the earliest generally agreed example of a killer application. One of the first examples of a killer application is generally agreed to be the VisiCalc spreadsheet on the Apple II platform (e.g. [1]). The machine was purchased in the thousands by finance workers (in particular, bond traders) on the strength of this one program. The next example is another spreadsheet, Lotus 1-2-3. Sales of IBM's PC had been slow until 1-2-3 was made public; the IBM became the best-selling computer only a few months after Lotus 1-2-3's initial release. Image File history File links Visicalc. ...
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VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers. ...
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers. ...
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The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to repay the principal and interest (the coupon) at a later date, termed maturity. ...
Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (now part of IBM). ...
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Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (now part of IBM). ...
A killer app can provide an important niche market for a non-mainstream platform. Aldus PageMaker and Adobe PostScript gave the graphic design and desktop publishing niche to the Apple Macintosh in the late 1980s, a niche it retains to this day despite the fact that PCs running Windows have been capable of running versions of the same applications since the early 1990s. A niche market is a focused, targetable portion of a market sector. ...
Aldus Corporation (named after the 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius) was the inventor of the groundbreaking PageMaker software for the Apple Macintosh, a program that is generally credited with creating the desktop publishing (DTP) field. ...
PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation, initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems PostScript page description language. ...
Adobe Systems (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: ) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982[1] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell...
PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ...
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Trends There have been a number of new uses of the term. For instance the usefulness of e-mail drew many people to use computer networks, while the Mosaic web browser is generally credited with the popularization of the World Wide Web and hence the Internet. The term has also been applied to computer and video games that cause consumers to buy a particular video game console or gaming hardware. Nintendo 64 saw much success with the releases of Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Game Boy saw Tetris, and following Game Boy iterations saw the highly successful Pokémon series. Software developers of new platforms now tend to focus considerable effort into discovering or creating the next "killer app" for a given technology. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. ...
Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ...
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that manipulates the video display signal of a display device (a television, monitor, etc. ...
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Super Mario 64 ) is a top-selling video game for the Nintendo 64. ...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ...
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Selected applications for computer systems The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers. ...
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IBM PC (IBM 5150) with keyboard and green screen monochrome monitor (IBM 5151), running MS-DOS 5. ...
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Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (now part of IBM). ...
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The Macintosh 128K, the first Macintosh computer The iMac, a current Mac computer Macintosh is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. ...
PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation, initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems PostScript page description language. ...
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Lotus Improv was a spreadsheet program from Lotus Development that took the n-dimesional modeling design and hierarchic UI of Javelin and moved it to modern platforms. ...
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GalCiv for OS/2 Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Stardock and released in March, 2003 for Windows—an earlier version was released for OS/2 in 1994. ...
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See also Super Mario Brothers, a launch title for the NES A launch title is a video game that has been made available to consumers synchronously with its respective video game console, meaning they are the only available games at the time of the consoles launch. ...
This is a list of video games that have sold over one million copies. ...
Further reading - Larry Downes and Chunka Mui, http://www.killer-apps.com Unleashing The Killer
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