JAVA


Meaning of JAVA in English

n.

Modular object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995 specifically for the Internet .

Java is based on the idea that the same software should run on many different kinds of computers, consumer gadgets, and other devices; its code is translated according to the needs of the machine on which it is running. The most visible examples of Java software are the interactive programs called "applets" that animate sites on the World Wide Web , where Java is a standard creative tool. Java provides an interface to HTML .

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