: a short computer application especially for performing a simple specific task
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However, AlphaSmart was already branching out to more general-purpose machines; the 3000 could run its own custom applets.
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Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
An Adobe Exchange panel applet streamlines the process of plug-in installation.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
It can be controlled with voice commands or applets.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
These simple rules can produce very complicated patterns, and this brilliant Java applet shows you how.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2010
The Mouse applet showed the touchpad as enabled and had all options available—tap to click, two finger scroll, edge scroll, and so forth.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2020
To create an applet of your own, click your name (top right) then choose New Applet.
—David Nield, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2017
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge IFTTT, the free service that uses conditional applets to extend the functionality of smart home devices, has issued both good and bad news to Nest owners.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2019
The bad news is that the applets will stop working if users migrate their Nest accounts to Google accounts.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2019
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Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
An Adobe Exchange panel applet streamlines the process of plug-in installation.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
It can be controlled with voice commands or applets.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
These simple rules can produce very complicated patterns, and this brilliant Java applet shows you how.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2010
The Mouse applet showed the touchpad as enabled and had all options available—tap to click, two finger scroll, edge scroll, and so forth.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2020
To create an applet of your own, click your name (top right) then choose New Applet.
—David Nield, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2017
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge IFTTT, the free service that uses conditional applets to extend the functionality of smart home devices, has issued both good and bad news to Nest owners.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2019
The bad news is that the applets will stop working if users migrate their Nest accounts to Google accounts.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2019
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“Applet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/applet. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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applet
noun
ap·plet
ˈap-lət 
: a small computer application
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