Dictionary

applet en · NOUN

Etymology

From app + -let, but perhaps also influenced by Apple (the term originated in AppleScript).

Meanings

1. A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.
   • Holonyms: app, application, program
   • You can also configure a hot corner to open the Expo screen, or install the Expo applet. 2021, Richard Petersen, Linux Mint 20.2: Desktops and Administration:
   • If a component must run on different kinds of client systems and if the limitations imposed by sandboxing are acceptable or outright desirable, then building that component as a Java applet makes sense. 1996, Network World, volume 13, number 22, page 48:

Forms

Coordinates

worklet · utility · trustlet

Deriveds

crapplet

Relateds

Xlet · servlet · LIBlet · MIDlet

Translations (21)

pl aplet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · sh aplikacija (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · cy rhaglennig (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · pt applet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · cmn 小程序 (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · ru а́пплет (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · ja アプレット (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · eo apleto (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · fr applet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · ca miniaplicació (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · de Minianwendung (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · fa برنامک (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · ru а́плет (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · fi sovelma (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · uk апле́т (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · fr applette (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · cmn 小應用程序 /小应用程序 (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · ko 애플릿 (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · de Applet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · sh aplet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application) · fr appliquette (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application)