Terms beginning with 'A'

Applet:

Applets have a number of uses -- they can provide interesting visual effects, or interactive charts, graphs, or other displays.

Applets can produce a substantial increase in loading times for a web page and consume resources on the user's computer. Because of this, they should be used only when they provide meaningful and useful interaction (as opposed to simply adding a glowing button, for example).

See also: Flash, Java