<APPLET ARCHIVE="URL of archive file" CODE="URL of Java class file" CODEBASE="URL for base referencing" OBJECT="filename">
<PARAM NAME="parameter_name" VALUE="parameter_value"/>
</APPLET>
ARCHIVE: This attribute refers to an archived or compressed version of the applet and its associated class files, which may help reduce download time.
CODE: This attribute specifies the URL of the applet's class file to be loaded and executed. Applet filenames are identified by a .class file name extension. The URL specified by CODE may be relative to the CODEBASE attribute.
CODEBASE: This attribute gives the absolute or relative URL of the directory where applet's class files referenced by the CODE attribute are stored.
OBJECT: This attribute specifies the URL of a serialized representation of an applet.
<APPLET CODE="game.class" ARCHIVE="game.zip">
<PARAM NAME="difficulty_level" VALUE="easy"/>
</APPLET>
The HTML 4 specification does not encourage the use of <APPLET> and prefers the use of the <OBJECT> element. Under strict definition, this element is not defined.