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    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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    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

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    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

    WebapplicationWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    Webapplication
    FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

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

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

    History
    Inearliercomputingmodels,e.g.inclientserver,theloadfortheapplicationwassharedbetweencode
    ontheserverandcodeinstalledoneachclientlocally.Inotherwords,anapplicationhaditsownclient
    programwhichservedasitsuserinterfaceandhadtobeseparatelyinstalledoneachuser'spersonal
    computer.Anupgradetotheserversidecodeoftheapplicationwouldtypicallyalsorequireanupgrade
    totheclientsidecodeinstalledoneachuserworkstation,addingtothesupportcostanddecreasing
    productivity.Inaddition,boththeclientandservercomponentsoftheapplicationwereusuallytightly
    boundtoaparticularcomputerarchitectureandoperatingsystemandportingthemtootherswasoften
    prohibitivelyexpensiveforallbutthelargestapplications.

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