Killer app

A killer app is software that is very necessary or wanted which makes people want to buy its computer hardware, video game console, software platform, or operating system. People will buy the platform just to access that software, which can increase sales of the platform a lot.^[1]^[2]

Examples

VisiCalc was released in 1979, becoming the earliest agreed-on example of a killer application.

One of the first agreed-on examples of a killer application is the VisiCalc spreadsheet which was released in 1979 for the Apple II.^[3]^[4] The term killer application would be used in the late 1980s.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ Scannell, Ed (February 20, 1989). "OS/2: Waiting for the Killer Applications". InfoWorld. Vol. 11, no. 8. Menlo Park, CA: InfoWorld Publications. pp. 41–45. ISSN 0199-6649.
↑ Kask, Alex (September 18, 1989). "Revolutionary Products Are Not in the Industry's Near Future". InfoWorld. Vol. 11, no. 38. Menlo Park, CA: InfoWorld Publications. p. 68. ISSN 0199-6649.
↑ Levy, Steven (January 1985). The Life and Times of PC Junior. Popular Computing. p. 92. {{cite book}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help)
↑ Power, D. J. (2004-08-30). "A Brief History of Spreadsheets". DSSResources. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
↑ Dvorak, John (1989-07-01). "Looking to OS/2 for the next killer app is barking up the wrong tree. Here's where they really come from". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
↑ "killer app". dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26. Origin of killer app 1985-1990

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[Killer_Application_Feb_1989-1] Scannell, Ed (February 20, 1989). "OS/2: Waiting for the Killer Applications". InfoWorld. Vol. 11, no. 8. Menlo Park, CA: InfoWorld Publications. pp. 41–45. ISSN 0199-6649.

[Killer_App_1989-2] Kask, Alex (September 18, 1989). "Revolutionary Products Are Not in the Industry's Near Future". InfoWorld. Vol. 11, no. 38. Menlo Park, CA: InfoWorld Publications. p. 68. ISSN 0199-6649.

[3] Levy, Steven (January 1985). The Life and Times of PC Junior. Popular Computing. p. 92. {{cite book}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help)

[4] Power, D. J. (2004-08-30). "A Brief History of Spreadsheets". DSSResources. Retrieved 2024-08-16.

[5] Dvorak, John (1989-07-01). "Looking to OS/2 for the next killer app is barking up the wrong tree. Here's where they really come from". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2023-03-25.

[6] "killer app". dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26. Origin of killer app 1985-1990

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