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What the Browser Does

Applet are start by HTML pages. On encountering the <applet> tag (describe in a moment), the browser:

  • downloads the class file

  • create an instance of the class

  • gives it a region on the web page to control

  • invokes its init() method

  • invokes its start() method

  • invokes its paint() method