Wiktionary
application program
alt. (context computing English) A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application. n. (context computing English) A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.
WordNet
application program
n. a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications" [syn: application, applications programme]
Usage examples of "application program".
This keeps down the amount of code that has to be in each application program.