Web application

In software engineering, a web application is an application delivered to users from a web server over a network such as the World Wide Web or an intranet. Web applications are popular due to the ubiquity of the web browser as a client, sometimes called a thin client. The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity. Web applications are used to implement webmail, online retail sales, online auctions, wikis, discussion boards, weblogs, MMORPGs, and perform many other functions.

Related Topics:
Software engineering - Application - Web server - World Wide Web - Intranet - Web browser - Client - Thin client - Webmail - Retail sales - Online auction - Wiki - Discussion boards - Weblog - MMORPG

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