Given these two core sides of the application coin, can we ask what the real difference is between an application and a web application?

A website is a group of interconnected web pages, but a web application is a piece of software that is accessible via the browser.

In the near future, it might become really difficult to see the difference between a desktop application and a web application when your storage, handled by S3, will become available to SSBs ...

With the distinction between online apps and desktop programs becoming ever more blurred, it's now possible to set up some of the most well-known web apps on your Windows, macOS, or Chrome OS desktop.

As Entner put it, for standard applications across the spectrum, "HTML5 will take us miles forward and diminish the difference between the desktop and the mobile environment." ...

If you were ever curious as to the difference between a Linux desktop environment and a window manager, Jack Wallen is here to clear that up.