In the October 1996 article What is Java, Really? , Rudi Cilibrasi wrote the following in his introductory overview of Java: Most people view Java as the programming language of the Web. Though ...

Applets and servlets, small applications usually written in Java, can enhance the display and delivery of Web pages.

The AppletContext class in the java.applet package contains the two member functions getApplet and getApplets. By using those functions, an applet can find other applets and invoke methods on them ...

Apple has released Java for OS X 2013-005, which “delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6”. The update is available in the Mac App Store. Of note, the updates ...

The second is a change to how OS X handles Java, in which the system will now keep the Java plug-in disabled until it is needed. This will appear for applets if you do not have Java enabled.

Java for OS X 2012-006 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_37. This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web ...

Running a Java applet now pops up a security dialog box that presents users with information about the name, publisher and source of the application. Oracle says this pop-up is designed to warn ...

This seems to indicate that one could actually hide a Java applet inside another Java applet, and then tie both of them together with a BINK file, but the resulting mess would probably fail, even ...

Under ideal conditions, a Java applet cannot use the functionality of an ActiveX control unless it is digitally signed and trusted. Due to a Microsoft oversight, a flaw resulted that would allow a ...