
What is Java?

- An Object Oriented Programming
Language developed at Sun Microsystems
- A Virtual Machine (run-time
environment) that can be embedded in web browsers (such as Netscape Navigator,
Microsoft Internet Explorer, and IBM WebExplorer) and operating system.
- A standardized set of Class
Libraries (packages), that support:
- creating graphical user interfaces
- controlling multimedia data
- communicating over networks

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