History of Java Programming

 History of Java Programming

• James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June 1991. 

• The small team of sun engineers called Green Team. 

• Initially designed for small, embedded systems in electronic appliances like set-top boxes.

• Firstly, it was called "Greentalk" by James Gosling, and the file extension was .gt.

• After that, it was called Oak and was developed as a part of the Green project.

Why is Java named "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.

• In 1995, Oak was renamed as "Java" because it was already a trademark by Oak Technologies.

Why Java Programming named "Java"?

• 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.

• Java is an island of 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 coffee near his office.

• Java is just a name, not an acronym.

• Initially developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which is now a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995.

• In 1995, Time magazine called Java one of the Ten Best Products of 1995.

• JDK 1.0 released in(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 etc.

• Each new version adds the new features in Java.

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