progressive web application
nounEtymology Coined by designer Frances Berriman and Google Chrome engineer Alex Russell in 2015, from the notion that web applications can progressively turn into native-like apps, following the idea of progressive enhancement.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.
Web development
- The two things that are needed for a web application to become a progressive web application are a mainfest and a service worker.2017, Gaurav Saini, Hybrid Mobile Development with Ionic, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 200: