I used to “program” my nephew “codes”. Do we know when/why the wording changed?
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Replying to @wndywitch
It took me a while to decipher this tweet because you're missing a semicolon, or at least a comma. I was trying to figure out what "nephew codes" were, and why you were using euphemisms.
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Replying to @BJNemeth @wndywitch
As for your actual question, it's just an evolution of language. Programs and programming sounds old & stuffy, like something from the IBM era. The noun "programs" fell out of favor years ago, replaced by applications (and then apps).
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Replying to @BJNemeth @wndywitch
The word "programming" also fell out of prominence over time. What do computer programmers do all day? They write, debug, and rewrite code. So it's not surprising that it evolved into a more central part of their self-description.
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Replying to @BJNemeth @wndywitch
I'd say "applications" really started to replace "programs" around the turn of the century, with "coders" and "coding" following 5-10 years later. "Applications" shortened to "apps" almost overnight with the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 and Apple's App Store in 2008.
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Replying to @BJNemeth
That "turn of the century" phrase threw me for a loop.
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