History of Java language
Java is a programming language created by James Gosling from Sun Microsystems (Sun) in 1991. The target of Java is to write a program once and then run this program on multiple operating systems. Java is defined by a specification and consists of a programming language, a compiler, core libraries and a runtime. Java programming language which still runs on the Java virtual machine. The Java platform is usually associated with the Java virtual machine and the Java core libraries . From the first version released in 1996. Versions 1.0 are named as JDK (Java Development Kit). From versions 1.2 to 1.4, the platform is named as J2SE (Java 2 Standard Edition). From versions 1.5, Sun introduces internal and external versions. Internal version is continuous from previous ones (1.5 after 1.4), but the external version has a big jump (5.0 for 1.5). Version Name Code Name Release Date JDK 1.0 Oak J...