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{{language|Java}}The '''Java''' programming language, developed by [[Sun Microsystems]], is a language aimed at allowing high -performance, cross-platform application development.
 
Java source files (.java files) are typically [[Compiler|compiled]] to an intermediate [[bytecode]] language (.class files) and executed by a [[Java Virtual Machine]]. Most modern JVMs further compile the bytecode of a Java program into your processorsprocessor's native machine code during execution. This native code translation is done via a [[Just-In-Time|JIT]] compiler that is built- in to the JVM. Some Java compilers (such as [[GCJ]]) can compile Java code to native machine code ahead-of-time rather than just-in-time.
 
 
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* Cross-[[platform]] (Write Once, Run Anywhere)
* High performance (Java code running with a modern JIT is often comparable to the speed of [[C++]])
* Comprehensive class library (which is very well [http://java.sun.com/javase/reference/api.jsp documented])
* [[garbage collection|Automatic memory management]]
* Huge user community
* Well supported by the [[open- source]] community and commercial industry ([[Sun Microsystems|Sun]], [[IBM]], [[Oracle]], HP, BEA, [[Mac OS X|Apple]], etc.)
 
Java is used in a variety of environments including desktop applications, embedded device (PDA and wireless phone) applications, server-side web page serving applications (as [[Java Server Pages|JSP]]), and applets embedded in web pages.▼
 
▲Java is used in a variety of environments including desktop applications, embedded device (PDA and wireless phone) applications, server-side web page serving applications (as [[Java Server Pages|JSP]]) and applets embedded in web pages.
 
According to a variety of [http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm sources], Java is currently the most popular programming language in the world.
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