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                      • What are Apps?                                • Types of Apps
                      • Categories of Apps                            • Where to get Apps From?
                      • What is App Development?                      • Platforms for Building Apps
                      • Creating an App


          With the amazing advancements and developments in information technology and engineering sciences,
          we have come to rely on computers for most of our day-to-day activities. With the advent of laptops
          and smartphones, we have started using computers in almost everything we do – communicate with
          someone, listen to music, watch videos, manage our schedule, snap pictures, or just pass time playing
          games. Whatever you do with a computer, there is an app for it. Let us learn about apps and how they
          are created.

          WHAT ARE APPS?

          The word ‘app’ is an abbreviation for ‘application’. It’s a software that
          can run through a web browser or offline on your computer and on
          a  smartphone,  tablet,  or  other  electronic  devices,  including  smart
          TVs and smartwatches. Apps may or may not require a connection to
          the Internet. App is a modern term for software, and it is most often
          used in reference to a mobile application or software that runs on a
          website. It’s typically used to describe anything that isn’t a full-fledged
          computer program meant to run on a PC, but most large software
          nowadays have an app for them.


          TYPES OF APPS
          There are three main types of mobile apps:
               •  Native

               •  Web
               •  Hybrid


          Native Apps
          Native apps are present on the device and are accessed through icons on the device home screen.
          Native apps are installed through an application store, such as Google Play store or Apple’s App store.
          They are developed specifically for one platform and can take full advantage of all the device features



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