Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Java

Java refers to a number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment. Writing in the Java programming language is the primary way to produce code.

Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms from embedded devices and mobile phones on the low end, to enterprise servers and supercomputers on the high end. Memory management is handled through integrated automatic garbage collection performed by the Java Virtual Machine.

Java is nearly ubiquitous in mobile phones, Web servers and enterprise applications, and while less common on desktop computers; Java applets are often used to provide improved functionality while browsing the World Wide Web.

Java syntax borrows heavily from C and C++ but it eliminates certain low-level constructs such as pointers and has a very simple memory model where every object is allocated on the heap and all variables of object types are references.

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