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Definitions and "Application"
Ralf Westphal has been pondering the meaning of the term "application". I always find definitions important because all too often I find myself talking at cross purposes with others, because we are actually talking about different things. Part of the problem is that one really needs to clarify the perspective or audience the definition is addressing. For example to a .NET developer, a component might be "an object that implements IComponent", whereas, to a general audience a component might be "something that is a part of a larger system or structure".