What is it - Java Applet!?

Description

Java applet is a short application (program) which is written using the Java™ programming language. Any Java™ applet can be included in an HTML page, much in the same way an image is included, using <applet> tag.

Java™ applets are the only safety way to add application (program) on your Web pages. They have built-in security measures that prevent them from writing (reading) at the client's machine. Java™ applets cannot access resources other than where the applet was originally loaded from. These restrictions are build-in the web browsers ans there is no way to pass them.

When you use a Java enabled browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Hot Java or Opera to view a page that contains an applet, the applet's code is transferred to your system and executed by the browser's Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

More info

Java™ is an object-oriented programming language created by Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1994. Learn more at: www.java.sun.com

Java applets are frequently used to add multimedia effects and interactivity to Web pages, such as video displays, animations, calculators, real-time clocks, and interactive games. Applets can be activated automatically when the page containing them is displayed in a Web browser, or they may require some action on the part of the site visitor, such as clicking an element on the page.