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Rules for writing the "List Of Lets":

• Names appear in alphabetical order within their section.

• Links are listed of the end of each entry.

Links to be mentioned:

Not all links might be available for every name.

• Link to page in English Wikipedia.

• For Java technologies: Link to Java Specification Request (JSR) or Class/Interface in API-Doc.

• Link to the homepage of the product or project.

"-lets" outside of computer science

In ordinary English "-let" is a diminutive suffix, e.g. added to the end of a word that describes something small.

Examples:

• Booklet: A small book.
• Cloudlet: A small cloud in the sky.
• Droplet: A small drop, e.g., a small drop of water.
• Flatlet: A small flat (apartment).
• Starlet: A young person working in the entertainment industry (e.g., actor or singer), who is not (yet) a real "star".

See also the following links on Wiktionary:

• Article on the suffix "-let".
• List of words suffixed with "-let".

Questions on Question-and-Answer-Sites

• Question on answers.yahoo.com: "What [does] let in applet, servlet, midlet, portlet, sitelet etc mean?"

• Question on stackoverflow.com: "Why let word added to servlet,applet,cmdlet?"