APPLET
\ˈaplət], \ˈaplət], \ˈa_p_l_ə_t]\
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a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface
By Princeton University
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a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A program that does a small part of a big program. Java is commonly the language used to program these.
By Henry Campbell Black
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A Java program which can be distributed asan attachment in a World-Wide Web document and executed by aJava-enabled web browser such as Sun's HotJava,Netscape Navigator version 2.0, or Internet Explorer.Navigator severely restricts the applet's file system andnetwork access in order to prevent accidental or deliberatesecurity violations. Full Java applications, which runoutside of the browser, do not have these restrictions.Web browsers can also be extended with plug-ins though thesediffer from applets in that they usually require manualinstallation and are platform-specific. Various otherlanguages can now be embedded within HTML documents, themost common being JavaScript.Despite Java's aim to be a "write once, run anywhere"language, the difficulty of accomodating the variety ofbrowsers in use on the Internet has led many to abandonclient-side processing in favour of server-side Javaprograms for which the term servlet was coined.Merriam Webster "Collegiate Edition" gives a 1990 definition:a short application program especially for performing a simplespecific task.
By Denis Howe
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).