progressive web application

English

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.

Noun

progressive web application (plural progressive web applications)

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

   Synonyms: progressive web app, PWA

   Coordinate term: single-page application

   • 2017, Gaurav Saini, Hybrid Mobile Development with Ionic, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 200:

     The two things that are needed for a web application to become a progressive web application are a mainfest and a service worker.

Further reading

• progressive web application on Wikipedia.Wikipedia