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killer application

British

noun

a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software

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Its Starlink space-based broadband product was the first killer application, helping generate hundreds of billions in value for Musk and SpaceX shareholders.

From Barron's

There is a new killer application that SpaceX can dominate if it moves quickly.

From Barron's

We have consumer devices available now, but given the maturity of the technology, it would take around that long to get to that type of killer application that you and I just talked about.

From The Verge

I don’t know if you’d call it a killer application for cartography, but one of the most popular applications that I hear about for crypto products is NFTs — how NFTs will let you bring virtual goods from one digital experience to another.

From The Verge

He says at the moment: "We're still looking for that absolute killer application of these virtual reality and augmented reality technologies."

From BBC

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