Java is
a
computer programming language that
is
concurrent,class-based,object-oriented,
and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as
possible. It is intended to let application developers "write
once, run anywhere"
(WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be
recompiled to run on another. Java applications are typically
compiled tobytecode
(class
file)
that can run on any
Java virtual machine (JVM)
regardless of
computer architecture.
Java is, as of 2014, one of the most popular programming languages in
use, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 9
million developers.Java was originally developed by
James Gosling at
Sun Microsystems(which
has since
merged into Oracle Corporation)
and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems'
Java platform.
The language derives much of its
syntax from
C and
C++,
but it has fewer
row-level facilities
than either of them. |
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