@cassidyjames a launcher.

@cassidyjames link

@cassidyjames web interface to iot smart home device that can open a window

@cassidyjames Program, Application or Game
Main distinction to me is:
I do something with it, like Photoshop -> it's a program
It does something simple for me, like convert video files -> it's an application
It's a game, like Diablo -> it's a game

@gaeel @cassidyjames That's kind of a strange way to differentiate: I guess the common understanding of the word app/application is based on the 'smartphone application' which is usually just a tiny program that consumes data. However, everything you just mentioned is a program.

I'd explain it with subtype Polymorphism:

Program is an Interface, game is a subtype of that interface. Application, well, I guess I'd say it's a program that has a user facing interface.

@cassidyjames apparently the poll is already closed, but I call it a shortcut (as that is what Microsoft called it since I think Windows 95)