AOS - Refers to Acquisition of Signal . API, APIs - Are Application Programming Interfaces. Apogee - Is the point in a satellite's orbit where it is at its greatest distance from its body of rotation. Applet or Applets - Refer to Java programs which are embedded in web pages. Application Program - Is software which performs a specific task or function.
Examples are spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, and sound.
Application programs differ from Operating Systems or Utility software programs which tend to be broader in scope. Arg - Refers to a single argument . Args - Refer to multiple arguments . Arguments - Refers to the variables passed to a process. Arguments are often stored in a global program array.