Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Unlike conventional languages which are generally designed to be compiled to native code, Java is compiled to a bytecode which is then run (generally using JIT compilation) by a Java virtual machine.
The language itself borrows much syntax from C and C++ but has a much simpler object model and does away with low-level tools like programmer-manipulated pointers.
Java is only distantly related to JavaScript, though they have similar names and share a C-like syntax.
yep... some programs need JAVA to run in systems
u have to install JAVA for dem
2006-07-25 22:45:13
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answered by Anonymous
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1 an island in Indonesia south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions
2 Java technology is both a programming language and a platform.The Java Programming Language
The Java programming language is a high-level language that can be characterized by all of the following buzzwords:
# Simple
# Architecture neutral
# Object oriented
# Portable
# Distributed
# High performance
# Multithreaded
# Robust
# Dynamic
# Secure
Each of the preceding buzzwords is explained in The Java Language Environment
In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending with the .java extension. Those source files are then compiled into .class files by the Java compiler (javac). A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it instead contains bytecodes-- the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine. The Java launcher tool (java) then runs your application with an instance of the Java Virtual Machine.
Because the Java Virtual Machine is available on many different operating systems, the same .class files are capable of running on Microsoft Windows, the Solaris TM Operating System (Solaris OS), Linux, or MacOS. Some virtual machines, such as the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine (outside of the tutorial) , perform additional steps at runtime to give your application a performance boost. This include various tasks such as finding performance bottlenecks and recompiling (to native code) frequently-used sections of your code.
The Java Platform
A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs. I already mentioned some of the most popular platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris OS, and MacOS. Most platforms can be described as a combination of the operating system and underlying hardware. The Java platform differs from most other platforms in that it's a software-only platform that runs on top of other hardware-based platforms.
The Java platform has two components:
* The Java Virtual Machine
* The Java Application Programming Interface (API)
You've already been introduced to the Java Virtual Machine. It's the base for the Java platform and is ported onto various hardware-based platforms.
The API is a large collection of ready-made software components that provide many useful capabilities, such as graphical user interface (GUI) widgets. It is grouped into libraries of related classes and interfaces; these libraries are known as packages. The next section, What Can Java Technology Do?, highlights some of the functionality provided by the API.
This Java platform:
Myprogram.java
Java API
Java virtual Machine
Hardware_Based Platform
As a platform-independent environment, the Java platform can be a bit slower than native code. However, advances in compiler and virtual machine technologies are bringing performance close to that of native code without threatening portability
2006-07-25 22:54:17
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answered by Joe_Young 6
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Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Unlike conventional languages which are generally designed to be compiled to native code, Java is compiled to a bytecode which is then run (generally using JIT compilation) by a Java virtual machine.
The language itself borrows much syntax from C and C++ but has a much simpler object model and does away with low-level tools like programmer-manipulated pointers.
2006-07-25 22:53:56
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answered by inline_function 3
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Java is Programming language developed by sun microsystems.It is object oriented and platform independant.
2006-07-25 22:44:56
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answered by Alfred D 1
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It's an island.
2006-07-25 22:51:54
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answered by zoomjet 7
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visit http://java.sun.com for more details
2006-07-25 22:55:16
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answered by Kindovic 1
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