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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 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 processors' native machine code during execution. This native code translation is done via a JIT compiler that is built-in to the JVM. Some Java compilers (such as GCJ) can compile Java to native machine code ahead-of-time rather than just-in-time.

Java has seen use in a variety environments, including desktop applications, embedded device (PDA and wireless phone) applications, server-side web page serving applications (as JSP) and applets embedded in web pages. According to a variety of sources, Java is currently the most popular programming language in the world.

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-The '''Java''' programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems, is a language aimed at allowing cross-platform application development.  It is typically compiled to a intermediate [[bytecode]] language to be executed by the [[Java Virtual Machine]].  Most modern JVMs compile the [[bytecode]] of a Java program into your processors' native machine code during execution.  This native code translation is done via a [[Just-In-Time|JIT]] compiler built-in to the JVM.
+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 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 processors' 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 to native machine code ahead-of-time rather than just-in-time.
 Java has seen use in a variety 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.