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applet Last modified: Friday, March 14, 2003

A program designed to be executed from within another application. Unlike an application, applets cannot be executed directly from the operating system. With the growing popularity of OLE (object linking and embedding), applets are becoming more prevalent. A well-designed applet can be invoked from many different applications. Web browsers, which are often equipped with Java virtual machines, can interpret applets from Web servers. Because applets are small in files size, cross-platform compatible, and highly secure (can't be used to access users' hard drives), they are ideal for small Internet applications accessible from a browser.

Applet Security FAQ Provides answers to questions regarding applet security. FreewareJava.com Categorized links to free Java applets of all types, Java tutorials, resources, and articles. Java specifications Describes the Java API, Developer's Kit, language specifications and virtual machine specifications. Server-side Java - article JavaWorld article (March 1997) with step-by-step instructions for the Netscape implementation of server-side Java and server-side applets. The Java Boutique - Java IDEs Features downloadable Java development environment demos, as well as a large collection of links to Java FAQs, how to articles, applets, reviews, and IDEs. Freejava.nl A collection of free Javascripts and applets.