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Simple program? Tech company has tons (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

applet

'simple program?' is the definition.
(simple computer program or application)

'tech company has tons' is the wordplay.
'tech company' becomes 'apple'.
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tons' becomes 't'.
'apple'+'t'='APPLET'

(Other definitions for applet that I've seen before include "modest programme" , "Computer application, sounds like small fruit" , "limited application of computing" , "Java program" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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