What is Java?
According to Sun's definition:
Java is a "simple, object-oriented, interpreted, robust, secure, architecture-neutral, portable, high- performance, multithreaded, and dynamic language."
Java is a "simple, object-oriented, interpreted, robust, secure, architecture-neutral, portable, high- performance, multithreaded, and dynamic language."
- java is programming language and computing platform first released by sun microsystems in 1995. It is underlying technology that powers state of the art programs including utilities, games and business applications.
- Java runs on more than 850 million personal computers world wide, and on billions of devices world wide, including mobile and TV devices.
- Java (With Capital J) is a high level, third generation Programming Language, like C,Perl, Fortran and many others.You can Use Java to write Computer applications to crunch numbers, process words, play games, store data or do any of the thousands of other things computer software can do.
- Compared to other programming languages, Java is similar to C. It is not C. However although Java shares much of C's Syntax. But You Don't need to know C to learn Java.
- Whats most special about java in relation to other programming languages is that it lets you write special programs called applets that can be downloaded for internet and played safely within the web browser.