progressive web application

noun

Etymology

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.

Definitions

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A type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web…
A 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for progressive web application. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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