A software function which encourages the sale of the faster and fuller hardware necessary to run it.
Jargon in the computer industry for an application program that intentionally or unintentionally gets you to make the decision to buy the system the application runs on. A classic example of a killer app was Lotus 1-2-3, the first popular spreadsheet program, and a killer app that helped introduce the personal computer into the department level of large and small businesses. Similarly, R/2 and R/3 were killer apps establishing integrated standard software in enterprise - now it is on you to develop and deploy a series of killer apps for Internet-based collaboration.
Every step in the development of computers had a special application that made that step work and succeed - a killer app. For the personal computer it was the spreadsheet, and for the Internet it was email.
A software program which is so successful that it corners the market, or inspires people to upgrade their equipment in order to be able to use it. Electronic Writing offers an introduction to new writing techniques using computers and the Internet. It covers word-processing, desktop publishing, and how to create better-looking documents. Simple guidance notes provide an explanation of digital text, electronic mail, and an introduction to hypertext, including the basics of writing for the World Wide Web. Clear explanations in non-technical language.
(Killer App) A program so good or so compelling to potential users that they buy the computer that the program runs on for no other reason than to be able to use that program. Killer applications are very rare. The World Wide Web is the killer application for the Internet by bringing visual excitement and ease of use.
"A killer application, or app, is an invention whose usefulness goes far beyond what its inventors intended, creating new industries, organizations and social structures and inadvertently destroying existing ones" (Larry Downes and Chunka Mui, authors of the business best seller "Unleashing the Killer App...Digital Strategies for Market Dominance").
Killer application or "killer app" is a buzzword that describes a software application that surpasses all of its competitors.
A killer application (commonly shortened to killer app) is a computer program that is so useful or desirable that it proves the value of some underlying technology, such as a gaming console, operating system, or piece of computer hardware.