killer app
stands for killer application. Used to describe a game/application that really makes a system/computer.
killer app by where am i? March 13, 2005
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"An application that proves the usefulness of the underlying technologies"
Defined by Jawed Karem in the speech "YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth" held at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ACM Conference, Oct 21, 2006. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=nssfmTo7SZg)
Defined by Jawed Karem in the speech "YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth" held at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ACM Conference, Oct 21, 2006. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=nssfmTo7SZg)
A typical killer application:
- the first spreadsheet application
Killer apps in the internet domain:
- Wikipedia
- LiveJournal
- MySpace
- Flickr
- YouTube
- the first spreadsheet application
Killer apps in the internet domain:
- Wikipedia
- LiveJournal
- MySpace
- Flickr
- YouTube
killer app by Papy Jojo December 15, 2008
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Killer App
When at the click of a link sent via an app, someone’s digital device is virally infected or disabled, often with the terrorist sender or hacker able to retrieve the data stored on the recipient’s phone, tablet, or watch.
After John unsuspiciously clicked on a link in a WhatsApp fake member’s message, no one in the chat group anticipated that the killer app would facilitate the transmission of the Russian virus at such a lethal speed, which wiped out the data stored on all twelve members’ devices.
Killer App by Covido March 5, 2022
Killer app
Mobile application with doubtful usefulness that gets downloaded and used by a very large number of people, often without a valid reason.
Hey, once you are done with Candy Crush, check out Quads and Flappy Bird, they are the latest killer apps to hit the App Store!
Killer app by n.tex January 25, 2021
Killed Two Birds With One Apple
Similar to the phrase "kill two birds with one stone" this term means to complete two discrete tasks with a single action. The term traces its origins to a practice, originally made popular by aspiring major league baseball players on the Gulf coast of Florida, of hurling apples at the apparently limitless number of pesky seagulls.
As Mariah's girlfriend walked in on him banging her mother, Mariah thought to himself, "I've just killed two birds with one apple"; I've both fulfilled my MILF fantasy and ended this shitty relationship.
Killed Two Birds With One Apple by MGDRehab March 11, 2011
Grindset
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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