{{for|the general notion of applications accessed through the web|Web application}}
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A '''web app''' is an [[application software|application]] that uses technologies such as [[Javascript]], [[CSS]] and [[HTML5]] and is executed in a [[web browser]].<ref name=gvoice>{{citation|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/voice/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222500168|title=Google Voice Storms Apple's iPhone |author=|date=26 January 2010|work=InformationWeek}}</ref> The application can be run directly from a website, or it can be downloaded and installed locally in some cases, for offline use. The term ''web app'' is most commonly applied to applications developed for the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Safari (web browser)|Mobile Safari]] browser{{fact}}, but other modern browsers are also able to execute web apps.
Web apps have been used to circumvent the restrictions Apple puts on [[iPhone]] applications sold through its [[App Store]]. For example, the [[Google Voice]],<ref name=gvoice/> [[Google Latitude]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600603|title=Google Releases Latitude For iPhone As Web App |author=|date=24 July 2009|work=InformationWeek}}</ref> and iPorn <ref>{{citation|url=|title=iPorn Web Application Still Available for iPhone|author=|date=17 July 2009|work=Drug Week}}</ref> applications have been released as web apps for this reason.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/257187093/pie-guy Pie Guy], source code for an iPhone game realized as web app.
