"killer application" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: killer applications [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} killer application (plural killer applications)
  1. A technological product that is so good, or so innovative, that it is irresistible to potential customers; especially a software product that persuades people to buy the hardware needed to use it. Derived forms: killer app Related terms: system seller, killer game Translations (irresistibly good technological product): läpimurtosovellus (Finnish), Killer-Anwendung [feminine] (German), Killer-Applikation [feminine] (German), キラーアプリケーション (kirā apurikēshon) (Japanese), genombrottsprogram [neuter] (Swedish)

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