applet

IPA: ˈæpɫʌt

(computing) A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.

Examples of "applet" in Sentences

The applet is obviously still installed and it autimatically remembers the network I last used.
Sure the java applet is more secure, since everything is local – but Hushmail controls that, too.
Java will send you a chunk of software -- an "applet" -- that turns your PC momentarily into a TV screen.
When the applet is first opened, the initial dataset consists of the most recent 1,500 feelings collected by our system.
Nevertheless, the applet is an interesting way to extend the Sega brand with games fans and a fun promotional tool for the TGS.
Now the applet is not very fancy, but it tickled the inner geek inside of me, and I thought I share it with the rest of you geeks ...
Foster's Slouching Towards Bedlam can also be played on the web using a different technology it's a Java applet, which is 100% COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from JavaScript; the similar names are just one of those dumb marketing decisions people made every day in the nineties.