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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
applet
n : a Java application; an application program that uses the
client's web browser to provide a user interface
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
applet
A {Java} program which can be distributed as
an attachment in a {World-Wide Web} document and executed a
Java-enabled {web browser} such as Sun's {HotJava} or
{Netscape Navigator} version 2.0 or later
Navigator severely restricts the applet's file system and
network access in order to prevent accidental or deliberate
security violations. Full Java applications, which run
outside of the browser, do not have these restrictions.
Web browsers can also be extended with {plug-ins} though these
differ from applets in that they usually require manual
installation and are {platform}-specific. Various other
languages can now be embedded within {HTML} documents, the
most common being {JavaScript}.
Despite Java's aim to be a "write once, run anywhere"
language, the difficulty of accomodating the variety of
browsers in use on the Internet has led many to abandon
client-side processing in favour of {server}-side Java
programs for which the term {servlet} was coined.
(1999-06-15)
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