<s>
In	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
monolithic	B-General_Concept
application	I-General_Concept
describes	O
a	O
single-tiered	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
data	O
access	O
code	O
are	O
combined	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
program	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
platform	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
monolithic	B-General_Concept
application	I-General_Concept
is	O
self-contained	O
and	O
independent	O
from	O
other	O
computing	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
are	O
monolithic	B-General_Concept
applications	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applications	O
are	O
sometimes	O
associated	O
with	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
monolithic	B-General_Concept
application	I-General_Concept
describes	O
a	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
is	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
original	O
use	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
monolithic	O
"	O
described	O
enormous	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
applications	O
with	O
no	O
usable	O
modularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
the	O
rapid	O
increase	O
in	O
computational	O
power	O
and	O
therefore	O
rapid	O
increase	O
in	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
problems	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
tackled	O
by	O
software	O
,	O
resulted	O
in	O
unmaintainable	O
systems	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
software	B-Application
crisis	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
