In article <1lxp8bggclkxp$.zsii97q0sjhc.dlg@40tude.net>,
Adam Wysoki?ski <adam.wysokinski@post.pl> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 09:50:41 -0400, userme wrote:
> > The idea of networking is sharing resources (software and hardware) to
> > reduce cost.
> ^^^^
> Shouldn't it be plural?
Oddly enough, in American English, anyway, it can be either. When using
"...to reduce cost", there is an implied "...to reduce the overall
cost", whereas in "...to reduce costs", the implication is "...to reduce
many or all of the various costs involved."
> > You can share a program or application among your home computers.
> What is the difference between program and applications?
Any difference is merely a matter of usage, and you are correct that the
phrase is redundant. In some uses, "program" refers to any collected
bit of code that the computer runs (including applications), whereas
"application" is used to narrow the field to "user applications" or
those typically with a graphical interface intended to be used by a
person, as differentiated from other programs intended to be run by the
operating system. Note, however, that this distinction is not
universal, and it is not unusual to hear the words used interchangeably.
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