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DMI ST - Eugene University: Presentation On The History of Java

James Gosling and others at Sun Microsystems originally developed Java in 1991 as a language called Oak and later GreenTalk for small electronic devices. It was renamed Java in 1995, taking its name from the Indonesian island of Java which is known for its coffee, as the team wanted a name that was unique, dynamic, and fun to say. Java was initially designed for embedded systems but became popular for building web applications and is still widely used today.

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DMI ST - Eugene University: Presentation On The History of Java

James Gosling and others at Sun Microsystems originally developed Java in 1991 as a language called Oak and later GreenTalk for small electronic devices. It was renamed Java in 1995, taking its name from the Indonesian island of Java which is known for its coffee, as the team wanted a name that was unique, dynamic, and fun to say. Java was initially designed for embedded systems but became popular for building web applications and is still widely used today.

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DMI St.

Eugene University

Presentation on the History Of Java

Presented by Bonaventure Kalaba

History Of Java
James

Gosling,Mike Sheridan,
andPatrick Naughtoninitiated the
Java language project in June
1991.
The small team of sun engineers
calledGreen Team.

History Of Java
Originally

designed for small,


embedded systems in electronic
appliances like set-top boxes.
Firstly, it was
called"Greentalk"by James
Gosling and file extension was .gt.

History Of Java
After

that, it was calledOakand was


developed as a part of the Green project.
Why Oak? The language was initially
calledOakafter anoaktree that stood outside
Gosling's office
In 1995, Oak was renamed as"Java"because it
was already a trademark by Oak Technologies.

History Of Java
Why did they choose java name for java
language?
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.

History Of Java
According

to James Gosling "Java


was one of the top choices along
withSilk". Since java was so
unique, most of the team members
preferred java.

History Of Java

Java is an island of Indonesia where first


coffee was produced (called java coffee).
Notice that Java is just a name not an
acronym.

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