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'''''Electron''''' is an open-source programming environment to allow an application normally developed for a web browser to run as a standalone app on the user's computer. It consists of a browser to display the output the application generates (currently Chromium), a CSS processor, and a Javascript interpreter,  It also provides the same connectivity to the Internet that the user's web browser has, so that, for example, if the application uses a remote database, it can connect to it.
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Electron can encrypt the application so that its internal operations are not visible to those who download it.
'''Electron''' is an open-source programming framework that allows developers to write and run web applications as a standalone application. Electron uses [[Chromium]], an open-source project primarily maintained by [[Google]]<ref>[https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-gets-web-allies-by-letting-outsiders-help-build-chromes-foundation/ "Google gets web allies by letting outsiders help build Chrome's foundation"] ''CNET'' Retrieved 20 January 2025.</ref>, as the underlying technology to parse and render web applications.


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==Software using Electron==
*[[Discord]]
*[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System|Bambu Connect]]


[[Category: Definitions]]
==See also==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework) Wikipedia - Electron (software framework)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser) Wikipedia - Chromium (web-browser)]
 
==References==
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