Applets
Applets are small programs, generally written in the Java programming language, delivered as Web content and carried out by the user agent. Applets depend on other programs to convert the Java program code into usable instructions for the user device. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems as a multiplatform, platform-independent, object-oriented programming language, Java allows versatility limited only by the imagination of the programmer. Many Java applets are freely available for download from the Web to perform a variety of functions, from simple tasks such as special visual effects to more complex functions such as weather simulations, site search engines, online games, and mathematical and financial calculations. As applets ...
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