Java

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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 bytecode language to be interpreted by the Java Virtual Machine.

Java has seen use in a variety environments, including desktop applications, sever-side page serving applications (as JSP) and applets embedded in web pages.