A web-based application is any program that is accessed over a network connection using HTTP, rather than existing within a deviceâs memory. Web-based applications often run inside a web browser. However, web-based applications also may be client-based, where a small part of the program is downloaded to a userâs desktop, but processing is done over the internet on an external server. Web-based applications are also known as web apps.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Solecism. In traditional grammar, a solecism is a phrase which trespasses grammatical boundaries. The word was originally used by the Greeks for what they perceived as mistakes in their language.
abscissa. n, pl-scissas or-scissae (-ËsÉªsiË). 1. (Mathematics) the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis. Compare ordinate. [C17: New Latin, originally linea abscissa a cut-off line].