application
A long time ago, IBM mainframes ran in two modes: "Supervisor Mode" and "Application Mode". In supervisor mode, the machine regulated itself and performed housekeeping chores like input and output. In application mode, it did useful work on behalf of the User. The computer was "applied" to the user's computation, and over time the name "application" came to stand for the binary code running on behalf of a User. I think this is an abomination; plain old "program" is much better, and less geek-centric.

submitted by Bill Torcaso

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