Meaning & use
enterprise application
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Meanings
nouncountablebusinesscomputing
A large software system that supports the operations of a whole organization, such as finance, inventory, or customer records.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'an enterprise application' or 'enterprise applications'.
Patterns
- an enterprise application for something
- run/deploy an enterprise application
The company replaced its old accounting system with a new enterprise application.
Enterprise applications often need to work with many different departments at once.
nouncountablebusinesscomputing
A software program designed for use by businesses rather than individual consumers.
Grammar: Countable; often used in the plural to talk about a category of software.
Patterns
- enterprise application software
- a market for enterprise applications
She works in sales for an enterprise application company.
Unlike a mobile game, an enterprise application must meet strict security rules.
Word forms
| plural | enterprise applications |
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Common combinations
- enterprise application software
- The university bought enterprise application software to manage student records.
- deploy an enterprise application
- It took months to deploy the enterprise application across all offices.
- enterprise application integration
- Enterprise application integration helps different systems share data.
- a suite of enterprise applications
- The IT team manages a suite of enterprise applications for HR and finance.
Synonyms and how they differ
- business application
- Similar, but 'business application' can also mean a smaller tool used by a single team.
- corporate software
- A broader term for any software used by a company, not necessarily large-scale.
- ERP system
- A specific type of enterprise application for planning resources; narrower in meaning.
Word family
- enterprise noun
- A company or business organization, or a large project.
- application noun
- A computer program designed for a particular purpose.
Commonly confused: enterprise application or mobile app?
enterprise application vs mobile app
A mobile app is a small program for phones or tablets; an enterprise application is much larger and used by organizations.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'enterprise application' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The bank example fits because enterprise applications are large systems for organizations. The phone game is a consumer app, not an enterprise one; the homework example is too small in scale; and a note on the fridge is not software at all.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “enterprise application”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.