Desktop Application

Product Specification

UWP extends the .NET platform to enable development for any Windows 10 device—PC, tablet, phone, Xbox, HoloLens, Surface Hub, and Windows 10 IoT Core. UWP provides a UI framework for writing responsive apps that support a number of screen sizes and interaction models, such as touch, mouse and keyboard, game controller, and pen. Extension SDKs offer specialized APIs for each device class, like the holographic capabilities of HoloLens.

• An application that runs stand alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run. The term may be used to contrast desktop applications with mobile applications that run in smartphones and tablets.
• In Windows, a desktop application is one that runs in the traditional Windows desktop in contrast to a tablet application that runs full screen.