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CHAPTER

we have written all of our programs as Java applica-
tions. That is, we have written a class that contains a method called main
that acts as the driver for whatever set of responsibilities our objects
support. Java provides a second type of program called an applet. As its
name implies, it is intended to be a small application that doesn’t stand
on its own but rather is run in a Web browser.
From an educational viewpoint, we have presented only applications
to this point because they enable us to use all of Java’s features. They
also do not require the use of a browser or a separate program (called an
applet viewer) to run compiled code. Now that you are comfortable with
Java, we end this book with a chapter on applets. We describe what they
are, how to write them, and how to run them.

So far in this text,

2000

The dot-com

business model

proves faulty, start-

up companies fail,

tech stock

plummets, and the

dot-com bubble

bursts

2000

Judge rules that

Microsoft is a

monopoly and is in

violation of anti-

trust laws.

Microsoft appeals.

2000

The Human

Genome Project

completes a draft of

the DNA sequence

for humans

2001

Dell Computer

Corporation

becomes the leading

global maker of

computer systems,

targeting both PC

owners and

businesses

2002

Hitachi’s super-

computer, Earth

Simulator, at 40

trillion operations

per second, performs

5-times faster than

the former leading

supercomputer,

IBM’s ASCI White

2002

Microsoft releases

the .NET

development

environment

partially in

response to the

success of Java