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For the general notion of applications accessed through the web, see Web application.

A web app is an application that uses technologies such as Javascript, CSS and HTML5 and is executed in a web browser.[1] The application can be run directly from a website, or it can be downloaded and installed locally in some cases, for offline use. The term web app is most commonly applied to applications developed for the Apple's Mobile Safari browser[citation needed], but other modern browsers are also able to execute web apps.

Web apps have been used to circumvent the restrictions Apple puts on iPhone applications sold through its App Store. For example, the Google Voice,[1] Google Latitude[2] and iPorn [3] applications have been released as web apps for this reason.

References

  1. ^ a b "Google Voice Storms Apple's iPhone", InformationWeek, 26 January 2010
  2. ^ "Google Releases Latitude For iPhone As Web App", InformationWeek, 24 July 2009
  3. ^ "iPorn Web Application Still Available for iPhone", Drug Week, 17 July 2009
  • Pie Guy, source code for an iPhone game realized as web app.
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