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==Nomenclature==

Starting with [[Windows 10]], Windows initially used "Windows app" to refer to a UWP app. Any app installed from the [[Microsoft Store (digital)|Microsoft Store]] (formerly Windows Store) was initially "Trusted Windows Store app"<ref>[[Cortana (software)|Cortana]]. ''[[Windows 10 1511|Windows 10 version 1511]]''. [[Microsoft]] (2015).</ref> and later "Trusted Microsoft Store apps."<ref>[[Cortana (software)|Cortana]]. ''[[Windows 10 1803|Windows 10 version 1803]]''. [[Microsoft]] (2018).</ref> Other [[computer program]]s running on a desktop computer are "desktop apps." Starting with [[Windows 10 1903]], Windows indiscriminately refers to all of them as "Apps."

The terms "[[Universal Windows Platform]]" (or "UWP") and "UWP app" only appear on Microsoft documentation for its developers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/universal-application-platform-guide |title=What's a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app? |website=Docs |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=7 May 2018}}</ref> Microsoft started to retrospectively use "[[Windows Runtime]] app" to refer to the precursors of UWP app, for which there was no unambiguous name before.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/apps/dn726537(v=win.10) |title=How to develop a Windows Runtime app |website=Docs |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=15 May 2017}}</ref>