What is a killer app?

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"In marketing terminology, a killer application (commonly shortened to killer app) is any computer program or software that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology, such as computer hardware, a video game console, software, a programming language, a software platform, or an operating system.[1] In other words, consumers would buy the (usually expensive) hardware just to run that application. A killer app can substantially increase sales of the platform on which it runs."

The first killer app was VisiCalc spreadsheet for the Apple II that helped people calculate numerical values so that the companies could keep good accounting, and like that, many others have helped skyrocket technologies to the mainstream, since is not about how brilliant a technology is after all, but more about how clear and compeling the application of that tech is done through a pretty and useful interface
 
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