progressive web application

noun

A type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.

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Meanings

nounprogressive web application (plural progressive web applications)

plural progressive web applications

  1. web developmentcomputingA type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.

    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

    Synonyms: progressive web app, PWA

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.

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progressive web appPWA
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progressive web app

Origin

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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