Java
Definition
New generation, general purpose, versatile programming language that can run on virtually any type of computer (is 'platform and device independent'). Developed in 1995 by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems specifically for network-heavy environments such as internet and enterprise intranets), it is a major part of the information infrastructure being developed all over the world. Like the C++ language (on which it is based) Java is object oriented: meaning its programs are built with 'modules' of code (like the Lego bricks) which can be employed in building new programs without rewriting the same code. However (unlike C++) it is an interpreted language and therefore has longer execution time than the compiled languages, although the gap has considerably narrowed over the last few years.
Java is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
Java appears in the definitions of the following terms:
cross-platform,
web authoring tool,
Javabeans,
Javascript,
program,
file format,
structured query language (SQL),
portability,
Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML),
platform independent
and
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