applet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: applet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for applet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
applet A {Java} program which can be distributed as an attachment in a {World-Wide Web} document and executed by a Java-enabled {web browser} such as Sun's {HotJava}, {Netscape Navigator} version 2.0, or {Internet Explorer}. 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. Merriam Webster "Collegiate Edition" gives a 1990 definition: a short application program especially for performing a simple specific task. (2002-07-12)