Hostory and Features of Java
What is Java?
Java is an object-oriented programming language.
Java is a fast, secure and reliable language used for many games, devices and applications.
In 1995, Oak was renamed as "Java" because it was already a trademark by Oak Technologies.
There are many java versions that has been released. Current stable release of Java is Java SE 8.
- JDK Alpha and Beta (1995)
- JDK 1.0 (23rd Jan, 1996)
- JDK 1.1 (19th Feb, 1997)
- J2SE 1.2 (8th Dec, 1998)
- J2SE 1.3 (8th May, 2000)
- J2SE 1.4 (6th Feb, 2002)
- J2SE 5.0 (30th Sep, 2004)
- Java SE 6 (11th Dec, 2006)
- Java SE 7 (28th July, 2011)
- Java SE 8 (18th March, 2014)
Features of Java
There is given many features of java. They are also known as java buzzwords. The Java Features given below are simple and easy to understand.
- Simple
- Object-Oriented
- Portable
- Platform independent
- Secured
- Robust
- Architecture neutral
- Dynamic
- Interpreted
- High Performance
- Multithreaded
- Distributed
Differentiate between JDK, JRE and JVM.
· JVM (Java Virtual Machine) which provides runtime
environment for Java Byte Codes to be executed.
· JRE (Java Runtime Environment) that includes sets of files
required by JVM during runtime.
· JDK (Java
Development Kit) consists of JRE along with the development tools required to
write and execute a program.
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