What are the web applications

Web Applications are web sites that perform the same function as software that you might otherwise download and run locally.

Having the advantage of executing on a web server, Web Applications don't consume space on your hard drive, don't crash or conflict with other applications, and best of all are accessible from anywhere.

Leave your desktop behind and use these applications from any browser equipped machine on the net. The companies that create and serve web applications are called Application Service Providers (ASPs). The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity.

Web applications are used to implement web mail, online retail sales, online auctions, discussion boards, web logs, and perform many other functions.