APPLET

An applet is a small Java program that can be embedded in an HTML page. Applets differ from full-fledged Javva application in that they aren’t allowed to access certain resources on the local computer, such as files and serial devices (modems, printers, etc.), and are prohibited from communicating with most other computers across a network. The current rule is that an applet can only connect to the computer from which it was sent.