Applet Definition

ăplĭt

applets

noun

A small program designed to be downloaded from the Internet to run on a webpage that a user is accessing.

American Heritage

A small application that performs a simple function and operates only within or in association with another program or device.

Webster's New World

(computing) A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Applet

Singular:

applet

Plural:

applets

app +"Ž -let, but perhaps also influenced by Apple (the term originated in AppleScript).

From Wiktionary
appl(ication) –et

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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