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Web Application: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

A web application or web app is any software that runs in a web browser. It is created in a browser­supported programming language (such as the combination of JavaScript, HTML and CSS) and relies on a web browser to render the application

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Web Application: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

A web application or web app is any software that runs in a web browser. It is created in a browser­supported programming language (such as the combination of JavaScript, HTML and CSS) and relies on a web browser to render the application

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01/12/2014

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Webapplication
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

Awebapplicationorwebappisanysoftwarethatrunsina
[Link]
language(suchasthecombinationofJavaScript,HTMLand
CSS)andreliesonawebbrowsertorenderthe
application.[1][2][3]
Webapplicationsarepopularduetotheubiquityofweb
browsers,andtheconvenienceofusingawebbrowserasa
client,[Link]
Hordegroupwareisanopensource
maintainwebapplicationswithoutdistributingandinstalling
webapplication.
softwareonpotentiallythousandsofclientcomputersisakey
reasonfortheirpopularity,asistheinherentsupportforcross
[Link],onlineretailsales,onlineauctions,
wikisandmanyotherfunctions.

Contents
1History
2Interface
3Structure
4Businessuse
5Writingwebapplications
6Applications
7Benefits
8Drawbacks
9Seealso
10References
11Externallinks

History
Inearliercomputingmodels,[Link],theloadfortheapplicationwassharedbetweencode
[Link],anapplicationhaditsownclient
programwhichservedasitsuserinterfaceandhadtobeseparatelyinstalledoneachuser'spersonal
[Link]
totheclientsidecodeinstalledoneachuserworkstation,addingtothesupportcostanddecreasing
[Link],boththeclientandservercomponentsoftheapplicationwereusuallytightly
boundtoaparticularcomputerarchitectureandoperatingsystemandportingthemtootherswasoften
prohibitivelyexpensiveforallbutthelargestapplications.

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