killer app


stands for killer application. used to describe a game/application that really makes a system/computer.
halo was the killer app for the xbox
“an application that proves the usefulness of the underlying technologies”

defined by jawed karem in the speech “youtube: from concept to hyper-growth” held at university of illinois at urbana-champaign acm conference, oct 21, 2006. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=nssfmto7szg)
a typical killer application:
– the first spreadsheet application

killer apps in the internet domain:
– wikipedia
– livejournal
– mysp-ce
– flickr
– youtube

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