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Java (programming language)

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Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented computer programming language that is spe "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be recompi machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture. Java is, as of 2012, one of the most popular programming l originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which has since merged into Oracle Corporation from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them.

The original and reference implementation Java compilers, virtual machines, and class libraries were developed Community Process, Sun relicensed most of its Java technologies under the GNU General Public License. Other GNU Classpath.

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1 History 1.1 Principles 1.2 Versions 2 Practices 2.1 Java platform 2.1.1 Implementations 2.1.2 Performance 2.2 Automatic memory management 3 Syntax 4 Examples 4.1 Hello world 4.2 A more comprehensive example 5 Special classes 5.1 Applet 5.2 Servlet 5.3 JavaServer Pages 5.4 Swing application 5.5 Generics 6 Criticism 7 Use by external companies 7.1 Google 7.2 Gaikai 8 Class libraries 9 Documentation 10 Editions 11 See also 11.1 Comparison of Java with other languages 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links

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