| | Encyclopedia article on Java programming language [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Java is an object-oriented programming language developed primarily by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems. |
 | | The code is then run on a virtual machine (VM), a program written in native code on the host hardware that translates generic Java bytecode into usable code on the hardware. |
 | | Although it is indeed possible to write programs for the Java platform that behave consistently across many host platforms, the large number of available platforms with small errors or inconsistencies led some to parody Sun's "Write once, run anywhere" slogan as "Write once, debug everywhere". |
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