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2006-10-31 20:42:31 · 5 answers · asked by dollbomma 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Just Another Vague Acronym
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2006-11-03 05:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by xerocs 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The language known as Java started off as a programming language for set-top-boxes. During its development stages it was called Oak - after the tree outside of James Gosling's office (Gosling was the developer of the Oak language). Sun Microsystems didn't like the name Oak, and so instructed Gosling to come up with a better name for the language. Sitting in a coffee bar with some colleagues sipping their coffee, they tossed ideas for names back and forth, until they reached and decided on the word Java.
In the US, a cup of coffee is also known as a cup of Java - after the java beans used to make the coffee (for example: http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item500107.aspx ). And the word Java derives from the island of Java - one source of coffee beans.
2006-10-31 21:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by Isofarro 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
JAVA is a trademark used for a programming language designed to develop applications, especially ones for the Internet, that can operate on different platforms.
2006-10-31 20:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Siddharth 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
JAVA is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems - it is their trademark name and is NOT a contraction of JavaScript.
2006-10-31 20:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by royalty 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a place that a type of coffee was named after, and a programming language was named after that.
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2006-10-31 21:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋