---
title: application
card_id: 55717
---

### application

A software program, or in AppleScript, an object of class application. A scriptable application can receive and handle AppleScript application commands. Application objects are objects stored in an application or its documents and managed by the application. Many application objects can also receive and handle AppleScript commands.

The standard properties of an application object are: ```
clipboard
frontmost
name
selection
version
```

Most scriptable applications have additional unique properties.