"killer app" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: killer apps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} killer app (plural killer apps)
  1. (informal, computing) A killer application. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-killer_app-en-noun-b7JHj91q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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