美 [æps]
n. 应用程序，应用软件；应用服务
应用程序（Apps）：这一交互界面允许你便捷地添加新的应用程序、管理已经安装的应用程序。
简言之，在开放平台（Platform）上大致有这种三类应用（Apps）：
在手机上，你与之交互的是一个个的应用软件（Apps），用户通过点击等动作来操作它们，并且，由于这些应用分布在同一块屏幕下，所以往往会让人们在打开手机后，不自觉地迷失在这块屏...
应用程序，应用软件；应用服务
She had been cheated using phone apps.
她是通过手机应用软件被骗的。
The apps can also record their daily activities.
这些应用程序还可以记录他们的日常活动。
Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities.
许多年轻人设计应用程序并使用社交媒体来支持他们的活动。
This clear and immediate usefulness provides motivation for many programmers who make mobile apps.
VOA : special.2011.03.22
"In developing countries, that's going to be a longer process where you'll have perhaps business people,farmers, small business people, professionals who will be the first adopters - the doctors,government officials - and then it will slowly as you get more apps (applications) slowly permeate out probably."
VOA : standard.2010.06.25
But today most travellers eschew the hefty tomes for online trip planners and smartphone apps.
Check out these five impact-worthy apps to help you fit paying it forward into your daily routine.
The industry-first capability puts Ford out front in the race to integrate smartphone apps into the car.