What is a web app

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Tuesday December 7, 2010

In this tutorial we explain

what web applications are

and tell you why there are so many

web apps

these days. With

cloud computing

becoming commonplace users want to be able to use certain

programs and applications

anywhere there's an

Internet connection

. Those programs are called web apps.

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Show Notes

- Until only a few years ago nearly every program or application that you used would be physically installed on your computer.

- As more and more users want to have their information available wherever they go, Web-based applications started to emerge.

- A web app is a software application that's hosted in a browser environment.

- Some web apps worth noting include Gmail, Facebook, Google Docs and more.

- In each case the browser resides on your computer but everything else is on the web.

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