====== Application ======

The quality of being usable for a particular purpose or in a special way; relevance.

The term application can have slightly different meanings depending on the context, but generally, it refers to:

🔹 In Technology / Computing:
An application (or [[app]]) is a type of software program designed to perform specific tasks for a user. These tasks can range from word processing or browsing the internet, to analyzing brain activity or controlling medical devices.

Examples: Microsoft Word (word processing), Google Maps (navigation), Neuropathological Function Estimations (neuroscience research).

🔹 In Research / Science:
An application refers to the use or implementation of a method, theory, or tool in a specific domain or to solve a particular problem.

Example: “The application of this computational tool to Alzheimer’s disease provides insight into neuronal excitability.”

→ Here, “application” means putting the tool into action in the context of Alzheimer’s research.

[[Clinical application]].