Java programs are applications and applets.
<em>Applications</em> are stand-alone programs,
such as the HotJava browser.
<em>Applets</em> are similar to applications,
but they don't run on their own. 
Instead, applets adhere to a set of conventions
that lets them run within a Java-compatible browser.
If you're using a browser that can view applets,
then you should see an animation just below this paragraph --
that's an applet embedded in this HTML page.
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<applet code=Animator.class codebase="betaclasses