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
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Other Word Forms of Applet

Noun

Singular:
applet
Plural:
applets

Origin of Applet

  • 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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