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In computing, mini-software application. Examples of applets include Microsoft WordPad, the simple word processor in Microsoft Windows, or the single-purpose applications that appear on the World Wide Web, written in Java. These include animations such as a moving ticker tape of stock prices.

Today Java is the most common programming language used to create applets for the World Wide Web, though early enthusiasm for its potential declined with the increased capability of flash and DHTML (dynamic HTML).



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