noun Computers, Informal.
- a small application program that can be called up for use while working in another application.
noun
- computing a computer program that runs within a page on the Internet
by 1995, a diminutive formation from application.
- A small computer program that has limited features, requires limited memory resources, and is designed to be downloaded from the Internet to run on a webpage. An applet cannot read or write data on the user’s machine.