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A general-purpose, object-oriented programming language used for web development. Java is one of the most popular programming languages in use, particularly for client-server web applications.
First released | 1995 |
Developed by | James Gosling |
Latest stable version | Java 18 |
Open-source | Yes |
Used by | Financial services industry, Embedded Space, J2ME Apps, Big Data technologies, like Hadoop |
Java was the first programming language that enabled writing real production code in a cross-platform, garbage-collected, object-oriented language.