Also means
app
Usage Note
Aplicación covers both the abstract sense ('the application of a rule') and the digital sense of a mobile or desktop app. In everyday tech talk it is commonly shortened to app (borrowed unchanged). The plural aplicaciones follows the regular accent-dropping pattern for -ción words.
Examples
"Descargué una nueva aplicación en el móvil."
Natural Translation
I downloaded a new application on my phone.

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