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While the term applet is sometimes used to describe small programs included with a computer's operating system, it usually refers to Java applets, or small applications written in the Java programming language. Unlike ordinary applications, Java applets cannot be run directly by the operating system.
Applets vs Servlets. A program written in Java that can be embedded in a HTML page is called an applet. A Java enabled browser can be used to view the web page containing the applet. When the page containing an applet is viewed, the code of the applet is transferred to the user computer and executed on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) of the browser.