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Programme and Application

noun

  • An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event.
    • usage: "you can't tell the players without a program"
  • An integrated course of academic studies.
    • usage: "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
  • A radio or television show.
    • usage: "did you see his program last night"
  • Computer science. ( a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
    • usage: "the program required several hundred lines of code"
  • A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need.
    • usage: "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
  • A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
    • usage: "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
  • A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation.
    • usage: "the program lasted more than two hours"

verb

  • Write a computer program.
  • Arrange a program of or for.
    • usage: "program the 80th birthday party"
(n.) That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.

noun

  • The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose.
    • usage: "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
  • A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.
    • usage: "December 31 is the deadline for applications"
  • The work of applying something.
    • usage: "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
  • A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.
    • usage: "he has tried several different word processing applications"
  • Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.
    • usage: "a lotion for dry skin"
  • A diligent effort.
    • usage: "it is a job requiring serious application"
  • The action of putting something into operation.
    • usage: "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"

Application is a request for a loan that includes the information about the potential borrower, the property and the requested loan that the solicited lender needs to make a decision. In a narrower sense, the application refers to a standardized application form called the "1003" which the borrower is obliged to fill out.

1. The system or problem to which a computer is applied. Reference is often made to an application as being either of the computational type (arithmetic computations predominate) or of the data processing type (data handling operations predominate).