English
MIDlet
From MID + -let; compare applet, servlet.
Formed from MID + -let
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi ‘with’
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Proto-Germanic *midjaz ‘mid’
Proto-West Germanic *midi ‘middle’
Old English midd ‘mid’
Middle English mid ‘mid-’
English MID
Today it means
noun An application that uses the Mobile Information Device Profile of the Connected Limited Device Configuration for the embedded Java environment.
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Etymograph / MIDlet