applets are small programs that can be run on a browser's window or an applet viewer.
Any Java class that extends java.applet.Applet is an applet. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/applet/Applet.html
Java applet is a program used to run java applications while beans is a compiler used to design java programs (IDE, GUI) :-) GilbertC
There is nothing called DOS applet.. You can run Java applet from DOS..
A Java applet is embedded within a web page, while a Java application will run directly on your computer.
PCH answer small Embedded Java Program.
Java applets
Java Applet is an application designed to transmit on internet to execute on java compatible browsers. Java Servlet is a server side program used to provide services to clients.
An applet is a Java application, this saves files in a .class extension
Applet
One can run and compile a Java applet program by agreeing to the terms and downloading it. It is possible to get a compiler online that will compile and run Java programs.
One defense against a hostile java applet is to disable applet functionality on the computer. This would prevent all applets - hostile, benign, and beneficial from executing.
the two types of java programs are Applet and application programs