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==History== The word ''applet'' was first used in 1990 in ''[[PC Magazine]]''.<ref name="Origin">{{cite web |url=http://www.oed.com |title=Oxford English Dictionary |year=2011 |access-date=2011-08-23 }}</ref> However, the concept of an applet, or more broadly a small interpreted program downloaded and executed by the user, dates at least to RFC 5 (1969) by [[Jeff Rulifson]], which described the [[Decode-Encode Language]], which was designed to allow remote use of the [[NLS (computer system)|oN-Line System]] over [[ARPANET]], by downloading small programs to enhance the interaction.<ref>{{citation |title= DEL |first= Jeff |last= Rulifson |work= RFC 5 |date= June 2, 1969 |publisher= Network Working Group }}</ref> This has been specifically credited as a forerunner of Java's downloadable programs in RFC 2555.<ref>{{citation |title= 30 Years of RFCs |author= ((RFC editor, et al.)) |work= RFC 2555 |date= April 7, 1999 |publisher= Network Working Group }}</ref>
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