This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Everyone used to hire mobile app ...

An individual who writes application programs in a user organization. Most programmers are application programmers. Contrast with systems programmer. See system development life cycle. THIS DEFINITION ...

A good understanding of signals is important for an application programmer working in the Linux environment. Knowledge of the signaling mechanism and familiarity with signal-related functions help one ...

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It seems strange — and it is — but Microsoft is launching an application programming system called on{X} for Android phones that make it easy for Java-savvy users to turn the phones into smart, ...

Microsoft launches application programming system for Android phones that make it easy for Java-savvy users to turn the phones into smart assistants Want the phone to automatically send an SMS message ...