Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small program designed to be downloaded from the Internet to run on a webpage that a user is accessing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing a small
program module that runs under the control of a largerapplication , typically aweb browser
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nevertheless, the applet is an interesting way to extend the Sega brand with games fans and a fun promotional tool for the TGS.
Archive 2006-09-01 Jan Kuczynski 2006
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Nevertheless, the applet is an interesting way to extend the Sega brand with games fans and a fun promotional tool for the TGS.
Sega use image recognition promotional tool for TGS Jan Kuczynski 2006
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The applet is obviously still installed and it autimatically remembers the network I last used.
Tenerife day 4 nathreee 2010
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The applet is obviously still installed and it autimatically remembers the network I last used.
weekly nathreee 2010
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Sure the java applet is more secure, since everything is local – but Hushmail controls that, too.
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When the applet is first opened, the initial dataset consists of the most recent 1,500 feelings collected by our system.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Charting Mob Emotions using “We Feel Fine” 2006
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Now the applet is not very fancy, but it tickled the inner geek inside of me, and I thought I share it with the rest of you geeks ...
How Does An Airplane Really Work? Peter 2004
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Now the applet is not very fancy, but it tickled the inner geek inside of me, and I thought I share it with the rest of you geeks ...
September 2004 2004
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Java will send you a chunk of software -- an "applet" -- that turns your PC momentarily into a TV screen.
Now For Some Hotjava 2008
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Foster's Slouching Towards Bedlam can also be played on the web using a different technology it's a Java applet, which is 100% COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from JavaScript; the similar names are just one of those dumb marketing decisions people made every day in the nineties.
Dear Super Mathrats cont'd boutell 2009
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