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Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
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It is intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation.
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Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.
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The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them.
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Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform.
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As of 2015, Java is one of the most popular programming languages in use, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 9 million developers.
