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Web applications are powerful computer applications, both secure and scalable, that can be delivered over the internet.

As the web becomes a new platform for network applications, the days when a business could simply post static pages and be confident it was seizing the opportunity are gone.

Making the most of the new platform demands that companies take their development to the next level with sophisticated web applications.

Delivered in a browser, web applications combine rich multimedia information with backend database, messaging, and commerce systems in an environment that is personalised for each user.

Tens of thousands of these web applications have already been built to handle everything from eCommerce to business process automation to dynamic information publishing on intranets, extranets, and the internet.

Source Coldfusion 4.5 whitepaper.