- Java was originally developed by Sun Microsystems(which has since been acquired by Oracle Corporation) which was initiated by James Gosling and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems Java Platform(Java 1.0 [J2SE]).
- The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them.
- The latest release of the Java Standard Edition is Java SE 8 as of 2017.
- With the advancement of Java and its widespread popularity, multiple configurations were built to suite various types of platforms. Ex: J2EE for building enterprise applications, J2ME for programming mobile wireless devices and J2SE for building desktop applications.
- The new J2 versions were renamed as Java SE, Java EE and Java ME.
- Java is guaranteed to be Write Once, Run Anywhere(WORA).
