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History of Java
The history of Java is very interesting. Java was originally
designed for interactive television, but it was too advanced
technology for the digital cable television industry at the
time. The history of Java starts with the Green Team. Java
team members (also known as Green Team), initiated this
project to develop a language for digital devices such as
set-top boxes, televisions, etc. However, it was best suited
for internet programming. Later, Java technology was
incorporated by Netscape.

The principles for creating Java programming were

"Simple, Robust, Portable, Platform-independent, Secured,
High Performance, Multithreaded, Architecture Neutral,
Object-Oriented, Interpreted, and Dynamic". Java was
developed by James Gosling, who is known as the father
of Java, in 1995. James Gosling and his team members
started the project in the early '90s.

Currently, Java is used in internet programming, mobile

devices, games, e-business solutions, etc. Following are
given significant points that describe the history of Java.

1) James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton

initiated the Java language project in June 1991. The
small team of sun engineers called Green Team.

2) Initially it was designed for small, embedded systems in

electronic appliances like set-top boxes.
3) Firstly, it was called "Greentalk" by James Gosling, and
the file extension was .gt.

4) After that, it was called Oak and was developed as a

part of the Green project.

Why Java was named as "Oak"?

5) Why Oak? Oak is a symbol of strength and chosen as a

national tree of many countries like the U.S.A., France,
Germany, Romania, etc.

6) In 1995, Oak was renamed as "Java" because it was

already a trademark by Oak Technologies.

Why Java Programming named "Java"?

7) Why had they chose the name Java for Java language?
The team gathered to choose a new name. The suggested
words were "dynamic", "revolutionary", "Silk", "jolt", "DNA",
etc. They wanted something that reflected the essence of
the technology: revolutionary, dynamic, lively, cool, unique,
and easy to spell, and fun to say.

According to James Gosling, "Java was one of the top

choices along with Silk". Since Java was so unique, most
of the team members preferred Java than other names.

8) Java is an island in Indonesia where the first coffee was

produced (called Java coffee). It is a kind of espresso
bean. Java name was chosen by James Gosling while
having a cup of coffee nearby his office.
9) Notice that Java is just a name, not an acronym.

10) Initially developed by James Gosling at Sun

Microsystems (which is now a subsidiary of Oracle
Corporation) and released in 1995.

11) In 1995, Time magazine called Java one of the Ten

Best Products of 1995.

12) JDK 1.0 was released on January 23, 1996. After the
first release of Java, there have been many additional
features added to the language. Now Java is being used in
Windows applications, Web applications, enterprise
applications, mobile applications, cards, etc. Each new
version adds new features in Java.

History of Java

Java Version History

Many java versions have been released till now. The

current stable release of Java is Java SE 10.

1. JDK Alpha and Beta (1995)

2. JDK 1.0 (23rd Jan 1996)

3. JDK 1.1 (19th Feb 1997)

4. J2SE 1.2 (8th Dec 1998)

5. J2SE 1.3 (8th May 2000)

 6. J2SE 1.4 (6th Feb 2002)

7. J2SE 5.0 (30th Sep 2004)

8. Java SE 6 (11th Dec 2006)

9. Java SE 7 (28th July 2011)

10. Java SE 8 (18th Mar 2014)

11. Java SE 9 (21st Sep 2017)

12. Java SE 10 (20th Mar 2018)

13. Java SE 11 (September 2018)

14. Java SE 12 (March 2019)

15. Java SE 13 (September 2019)

16. Java SE 14 (Mar 2020)

17. Java SE 15 (September 2020)

18. Java SE 16 (Mar 2021)

19. Java SE 17 (September 2021)

20. Java SE 18 (to be released by March 2022)

Since Java SE 8 release, the Oracle corporation follows a

pattern in which every even version is release in March
month and an odd version released in September month.

More Details on Java Versions.

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