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=== By platform === Applications can also be classified by [[computing platform]]s such as a desktop application for a particular [[operating system]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of desktop application|url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/desktop-application|access-date=2022-01-07|website=PCMAG|language=en}}</ref> delivery network such as in [[cloud computing]] and [[Web 2.0]] applications, or delivery devices such as [[mobile app]]s for [[mobile device]]s. The operating system itself can be considered application software when performing simple calculating, measuring, rendering, and word processing tasks not used to control hardware via a [[command-line interface]] or [[graphical user interface]]. This does not include application software bundled within operating systems such as a [[software calculator]] or [[text editor]].
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