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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoI remember “killer app” being a phrase I regularly heard in the 90’s.
minus-squareGamingChairModel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoBut also, you’re right. Here’s an article from 1994 describing Visicalc as a “Killer App” from the late 1970’s, that prompted people to buy personal computers.
minus-squareGamingChairModel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days ago“Killer rap” was pretty popular in the 90’s too.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoYou’re thinking of “gangster app”.
I remember “killer app” being a phrase I regularly heard in the 90’s.
But also, you’re right. Here’s an article from 1994 describing Visicalc as a “Killer App” from the late 1970’s, that prompted people to buy personal computers.
“Killer rap” was pretty popular in the 90’s too.
You’re thinking of “gangster app”.