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Apple TV+
Apple TV+ (launched November 1, 2019; rebranded Apple TV in October 2025) is Apple's subscription streaming service of original shows, movies, documentaries, and live sports including MLS and Formula 1.
Apple Valley, California
Apple Valley is a town in San Bernardino County's High Desert, California, incorporated in 1988 with about 75,791 residents (2020), known for its 1920s apple orchards, Bass and Westlund's 1946 land development, and Mojave River water issues.
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro is Apple's mixed-reality spatial computer, announced June 5, 2023 at $3,499, running visionOS with eye, hand, and voice input, 23 million pixels across two micro-OLED displays, M2 plus R1 chips, and an M5 upgrade in October 2025.
Apple Wallet
Apple Wallet, known as Passbook before 2015, is a built-in iPhone and Apple Watch app that stores payment cards, transit cards, tickets, keys, and identity documents.
Apple Watch
Apple Watch is a smartwatch line made by Apple, launched in 2015. It is the world's best-selling smartwatch, providing health monitoring, fitness tracking, and notifications to iPhone users.
Apple Watch Ultra
Apple Watch Ultra is Apple's line of rugged titanium smartwatches for endurance athletes and divers, introduced in September 2022 with a 49mm case and 36-hour battery.
Applebee's
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar is an American casual dining chain founded in 1980 by Bill and T.J. Palmer, with more than 1,400 locations under Dine Brands Global.
Applejack (drink)
Applejack, or Jersey lightning, is American apple brandy born in colonial New Jersey, originally made by freeze-distilling cider (jacking). Laird & Company, founded 1780, still produces blended and straight applejack distinct from French Calvados.
Applejack (My Little Pony)
Applejack is a female Earth pony, one of the six main characters of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010–2019). Also called AJ, she farms at Sweet Apple Acres, represents the Element of Honesty, and is voiced by Ashleigh Ball.
Apples Never Fall
Apples Never Fall: 2024 Peacock seven-episode limited series adapted from Liane Moriarty's 2021 novel, starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill as retired tennis coaches whose wife Joy disappears; Metacritic 54.
Apples of the Hesperides
Apples of the Hesperides: golden fruit of Hera's divine tree at the world's edge, guarded by Ladon and the Hesperides nymphs; stolen by Heracles as his eleventh labor, by slaying the serpent or via Atlas.
Apples to Apples
Apples to Apples, party card game created in 1999 by Matt Kirby, published by Out of the Box and now Mattel; 4-10 players match red noun cards to a judge's green adjective card, first to the target number of green cards wins.
APPLES trial
APPLES (Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study), NCT00051363, was an NHLBI-funded 6-month randomized sham-controlled trial of CPAP in 1,098 OSA patients; it found no lasting neurocognitive benefit but improved sleepiness.
AppleScript
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple that lets users control scriptable Macintosh applications and macOS itself, automating repetitive tasks and building workflows by sending Apple events.
Appleseed (APPLESEED) (2004 film)
Appleseed (アップルシード, Appurushīdo) is Shinji Aramaki's 2004 full-3DCG anime film adapted from Masamune Shirow's manga, set in 2131 Olympus with Deunan Knute and Bioroids; Japan release April 17, 2004, sequel Ex Machina (2007).
Appleseed (アップルシード) (manga)
Appleseed (アップルシード) is Masamune Shirow's 1985–1989 science fiction manga and his major debut: four Seishinsha volumes, frozen unfinished. Set in utopian Olympus, it follows Deunan and cyborg Briareos, predating Ghost in the Shell.
Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina
Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (アップルシード サーガ エクスマキナ) is a 2007 Japanese full-CG animated science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki, with action filmmaker John Woo among its producers.
Appleton Roebuck
Appleton Roebuck is a linear village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, about 7 miles east of Tadcaster; population 907 (2019), Conservation Area, 12 Grade II listed buildings, and Nun Appleton Hall.
Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton, Wisconsin: a Fox River city of about 75,000 in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties, home of Lawrence University, the world's first hydroelectric plant (1882), and the Fox Valley's first paper manufacturing.
Appliance classes
Appliance classes, also called protection classes, are a four-way IEC 61140 classification of electrical equipment by shock protection: Class 0, Class I (earthed), Class II (double-insulated), and Class III.
Applicable law for contracts absent choice
Default conflict-of-laws rules for contracts without a governing-law clause: the Rome Convention and Rome I apply the law of closest connection via characteristic performance, with special consumer and employment protections; the 2015 Hague Principles exclude this situation.
Applicant tracking system
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is software that collects, organizes, and screens job applications, from job posting through interview scheduling and hiring, used by 99% of Fortune 500 companies.
Application binary interface
An application binary interface (ABI) is the set of binary-level conventions covering calling conventions, data layout, and file formats that lets separately compiled components work together without recompilation.
Application control (firewall)
Application control is a firewall capability that identifies network traffic by the application generating it, not only by port and address, then allows, blocks, rate-shapes, or scans it.
Application delivery controller
An application delivery controller (ADC) is a hardware or software networking device that optimizes application delivery through load balancing, SSL offload, caching, and security services.
Application for employment
An application for employment, also called a job application, is the form, resume, and supporting materials a candidate submits to be considered for a job.
Application layer
The application layer, also called OSI layer 7, is the top layer of the Internet protocol suite, where protocols like HTTP, DNS, and SMTP are defined.
Application lifecycle management
Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the management of software applications from conception through development, deployment, maintenance, and eventual retirement, combining business management with software engineering.
Application of Sharia by country
Application of Sharia by country, also called application of Islamic law by country, describes how national legal systems incorporate sharia, from Saudi Arabia's comprehensive system to mixed and secular models.
Application performance management
Application performance management (APM) monitors the health and performance of software applications through metrics, distributed traces, and logs, tracking latency, error rates, and CPU utilization.