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, Win10 has become a hot topic, and one of the features of Win10 is the versatility of the application. Microsoft previously said that Windows 10 will be a full-platform operating system, and its applications will be universal across platforms, only developers need to Its mobile app is a little tweaked to work perfectly on the desktop.
At the WinHEC conference a few days ago, Microsoft deliberately demonstrated its generic specification for general-purpose applications. Now, the official name for applications for the Windows Common Platform is "Windows Apps" (Windows apps). ,concise.

All in all, the universal apps running on the Surface Hub from a 4-inch Win10 phone to an 84-inch screen are now only available for Windows applications.
In order to distinguish it from the traditional exe format software, Microsoft has redefined its name ——“Windows desktop application" (Windows desktop application), pay attention to the different usages of the two, the former is the abbreviation apps, the latter is For the complete word application, the former can be understood as "application" and the latter is "program".
About the "general application", the name has always been chaotic, ordinary users used to call it an appx application, while developers are used to calling it UAP or WinRT. As for the media, they prefer to use "general application". An easy-to-understand name, but apparently Microsoft has noticed this problem.
This kind of application existed in the era of WP8.1/Win8.1. At the time, the applications running on Windows Phone were also divided into xap and appx. The latter is the general-purpose application that we are now familiar with. As for Windows 8.1 users, it is customary to call it a Metro or Modern application to distinguish it from traditional exe programs.
The application title for the Windows platform has been introduced. As a Windows Phone user and Windows Insider, will you follow the Microsoft naming rules?