O que o Java?

O Java uma tecnologia usada para desenvolver aplicaes que tornam a Web mais divert
ida e til. O Java no a mesma coisa que o javascript., que uma tecnologia simples u
sada para criar pginas Web e s executado no seu browser.
O Java permite executar jogos, fazer upload de fotos, bater papo on-line, fazer
tours virtuais e usar servios, como treinamento on-line, transaes bancrias on-line e
mapas interativos. Se voc no tiver o Java, muitas aplicaes e websites simplesmente
no funcionaro.
Por default, o Java avisar a voc automaticamente que novas atualizaes esto prontas pa
ra serem instaladas. Para manter-se atualizado e proteger seu computador, import
ante aceitar e instalar essas atualizaes. Se voc for avisado sobre uma atualizao do J
ava no computador Windows e no lembrar de ter feito download dela e instalado, po
de ser que o Java tenha vindo pr-carregado com seu novo computador.
- O software Java do seu computador, ou o Java Runtime Environment, tambm conheci
do como Java Runtime, Runtime Environment, Runtime, JRE, Java Virtual Machine, V
irtual Machine, Java VM, JVM, VM, Java Plug-in, Java Plugin, Java Add-on ou down
load do Java.
A Java virtual machine (JVM) is an abstract computing machine that enables a com
puter to run a Java program. There are three notions of the JVM specification, i
mplementation and instance. The specification is a document that formally descri
bes what is required of a JVM implementation. Having a single specification ensu
res all implementations are interoperable. A JVM implementation is a computer pr
ogram that meets the requirements of the JVM specification. An instance of a JVM
is an implementation running in a process that executes a computer program comp
iled into Java bytecode.
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is a software package that contains what is requi
red to run a Java program. It includes a Java Virtual Machine implementation tog
ether with an implementation of the Java Class Library. The Oracle Corporation,
which owns the Java trademark, distributes a Java Runtime environment with their
Java Virtual Machine called HotSpot.
Java Development Kit (JDK) is a superset of a JRE and contains tools for Java pr
ogrammers, e.g. a javac compiler. The Java Development Kit is provided free of c
harge either by Oracle Corporation directly, or by the OpenJDK open source proje
ct, which is governed by Oracle.
A JVM language is any language with functionality that can be expressed in terms
of a valid class file which can be hosted by the Java Virtual Machine. A class
file contains Java Virtual Machine instructions (Java byte code) and a symbol ta
ble, as well as other ancillary information. The class file format is the hardwa
re- and operating system-independent binary format used to represent compiled cl
asses and interfaces.