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It's all the same. I only use the term 'software' when speaking to another dev/engineer.
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Grumpy28878yAnd nobody writes libraries anymore, it's all frameworks, even if they just consist of 5 elementary classes.
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I tend to make a hard distinction:
Software is the general term.
An App is sandboxed and stand-alone. Sometimes has the ability to communicate with other apps (intent bus).
A Program or application isn't typically sandboxed and may share dependencies with other programs.
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So... no more software, only apps now.
We no longer make software? What did I miss?
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