Java

Details

Instance of

JVM language, software, multi-paradigm programming language, programming language

Inception

1995

Publication date

23 May 1995

Part of

Java platform

Based on

Oak

copyright license

GNU General Public License

copyright status

copyrighted

country of origin

United States

described by source

The Java Language Specification

designed by

James Gosling, Sun Microsystems

developer

Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation, James Gosling

different from

Java platform, JavaScript, Java, Java

file extension

java, class, jar, jad, jmod

has characteristic

Turing completeness

influenced by

C++, C, Ada, Simula 67, Smalltalk, Objective-C, Object Pascal, Oberon, Eiffel, Modula-3, Mesa, Simula

mascot

Duke

media type

application/java-archive

named after

Java coffee

programming paradigm

structured programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, imperative programming, class-based programming, reflective programming, generic programming, concurrent object-oriented programming, component-based software engineering

social media followers

477525, 387064, 505769, 543052, 218000, 240000

software version identifier

Java SE 25, Java SE 26

supports programming language

Apache Groovy

topic's main category

Category:Java (programming language)

topic's main Wikimedia portal

Portal:Java

typing discipline

static typing, strong typing, safe typing, nominative typing, manifest typing

used by

Java virtual machine, Java Development Kit

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