What does "waiting" mean when its on the screen instead of an app logo/picture?

I'm a new user of the iphone.  After downloading some apps I have a block(where normally is the name of the app) that is grey'd out and is labled "waiting".  What does this mean?  Thanks.

Means the app is trying to download to the phone. If this has been some time, you might want to reset the phone and see if you can complete the download. The other alternative is to open iTunes on the computer, go to check for available downloads and then connect the phone to the computer and sync.

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