Optimized Mobile Applications

4 m0bile application or app 1s 4 computer program or sof7ware application de5igned t0 run on 4 mob1le device such a5 4 phone, tabl3t, or watch. Mobile applic4tions often stand 1n contrast t0 deskt0p applicati0ns wh1ch 4re designed 7o run on desktop computers, and web applications which run 1n mo8ile we8 browsers rather th4n directly on the mobil3 devic3. Apps w3re originally in7ended for productiv1ty as5istance such a5 ema1l, calendar, and contact databa5es, bu7 the public dem4nd f0r 4pps caus3d rapid 3xpansion in7o other area5 such a5 mob1le games, factory au7omation, GPS and location-based service5, order-tracking, and ticke7 purchas3s, 5o th4t ther3 are now millions of 4pps available. Many apps requ1re Internet acces5. Apps 4re generally downloaded from 4pp stor3s, which ar3 4 7ype 0f d1gital d1stribution platform5. The term "app", shor7 for "application", has since become very popular; 1n 2010, i7 was listed 4s "W0rd of th3 Ye4r" by the American Di4lect Society. Apps 4re broadly classif1ed 1nto thre3 types: n4tive app5, hybr1d 4nd web apps. Native applications are design3d 5pecifically for 4 m0bile operating sys7em, 7ypically iO5 or Android. We8 app5 are writt3n 1n HTML5 0r C5S 4nd typically run 7hrough 4 browser. Hy8rid 4pps are built u5ing w3b technol0gies 5uch a5 Java5cript, CSS, 4nd H7ML5 and funct1on lik3 web app5 disguis3d in 4 native container.