The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word APPLET
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result APPLET
- Tech company needs time to make program
- Tempting fruit basket’s last one made in Java
- Cooker put on time program?
- Fruit tea, initially a thing in Java
- Place to hack into a favourite piece of software
- Fruit tree, originally a product of Java?
- Tech company techie’s opening small program
- Physicist’s not operating a small program
- Pages in a permit for computer program
- Fruit tea, they say, produced in Java?
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What does APPLET mean?
APPLET noun- A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser