Thankfully the dictionaries get a little more specific. I do want an artillery capable paint gun though, that sounds rad

The Task Manager in Windows always had an “Applications” tab and a “Processes” tab, going back to Windows 98 at least. “Programs” was always too broad and restricted to being colloquial; the specific word was either application or executable.

What’s worth ranting about is whether people have stopped understanding “App” as short for something.