WHAT IS JAVA : Java is : 1. Programming Language : Java is a High Level Programming Language. It derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer ...
WHAT IS JAVA : Java is : 1. Programming Language : Java is a High Level Programming Language. It derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them. 2. Platform : Java is a Platform because it has its own runtime environment that is JVM (Java Virtual Machine). JVM provides a platform which accepts the byte code and executes on the machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HISTORY OF JAVA is as follows:- 1991 :-  In 1991, Java was conceived by James Gosling, Patrick Naughton, Chris Warth, Ed Frank & Mike Sheridan at  Sun Microsystem. Its first name was "OAK".  1995 :-  Between 1991 to 1995 many more people contributed to the design & evolution of java. Bill Joy, Arthur van Hoff, Jonathan Payne, Frank Yellin & Tim Lindholm were main contributors. JDK Alpha and Beta  version was released. 1996 :-  In January 23, 1996 JDK 1.0  version was released. It was first stable release of java 1997 :-  In February 19,, 1997 JDK 1.1  version was released. 1998 :-  In December 8, 1998 JDK 1.2  version was released. 2000 :-  In May 8, 2000 JDK 1.3  version was released. 2002 :-  In February 6, 2002 JDK 1.4  version was released. 2004 :-  In September 30, 2004 JDK 5.0  version was released. 2006 :-  December 11, 2006 Java SE 6  version was released. 2010 :-  The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation was completed on January 27, 2010 2011 :-  In July 28, 2011 Java SE 7  version was released. 2014 :-  In March 18, 2014 Java SE 8  version was released. 2017 :-  In September 21, 2017 Java SE 9  version was released.
