Hi bulochc83, I suppose you are trying to know what Applets are. Applets are nothing but fancy (but useful!) gadgets that will enhance user interaction in a web page. Only thing is that users need to have Java installed on their system. May be these links will help you further my friend: http://java.sun.com/applets/ http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mjmcguff/learn/java/