• 1. Internet Techniques and Web Formats
  • 1.1. Internet
  • 1.2. World Wide Web
  • 1.3. Browser, Plugins and Applets
    • 1.3.1. Browser
    • 1.3.2. Plugin
    • 1.3.3. Applet
    • 1.3.4. Unit-Summary
  • 1.4. Client-Server-Model
  • 1.5. Web Graphics Formats
  • 1.6. Self Assessment
  • 1.7. Summary
  • 1.8. Glossary
  • 1.9. Bibliography
  • 1.10. Metadata

1.3.3. Applet

An applet is a software component that runs in the context of another program, for example a Web Browser. The word applet stands for "little application" and is mostly understood as Java-Applet which is a computer program that runs in a Web Browser and is written in the programming language Java.

Applets usually have some form of user interface or perform a particular piece of the overall user interface in a Web page.

Click the following thumbnail to see an example of a Java applet. You can rotate the given object around each axis using the buttons.

3D object viewer coded in Java (The J Maker)

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