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Secure: With Java's secure feature it enables to develop virus-free, tamper-free systems. Authentication techniques are based on public-key encryption.
Architectural Neutral:Java compiler generates an architecture-neutral object file format which makes the compiled code to be executable on many processors, with the presence of Java runtime system.
Portable: Being architectural-neutral and having no implementation dependent aspects of the specification makes Java portable. Compiler in Java is written in ANSI C with a clean portability boundary which is a POSIX subset.
Robust: Java makes an effort to eliminate error prone situations by emphasizing mainly on compile time error checking and runtime checking.
Multithreaded: With Java's multithreaded feature it is possible to write programs that can do many tasks simultaneously. This design feature allows developers to construct smoothly running interactive applications.
Interpreted: Java byte code is translated on the fly to native machine instructions and is not stored anywhere. The development process is more rapid and analytical since the linking is an incremental and light weight process.
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. It is intended to
let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA),
meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be
recompiled to run on another. Java applications are typically
compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM)
regardless of computer architecture. Java is, as of 2014, one of the
most popular programming languages in use, particularly for
client-server web applications, with a reported 9 million
developers.Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun
Microsystems (which has since merged into Oracle Corporation) and
released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform.
The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has
fewer low-level facilities than either of them.
Java is:
>> Distributed
>> High Performance
>> Simple
>> Secure
>> Portable
>> Robust
>> Multithreaded
>> Interpreted
>> Architectural Neutral
Object Oriented: In Java, everything is an Object. Java can be easily extended since it is based on the Object model.
Platform Independent: Unlike many other programming languages including C and C++, when Java is compiled, it is not compiled into platform specific machine, rather into platform independent byte code. This byte code is distributed over the web and interpreted by virtual Machine (JVM) on whichever platform it is being run.
Platform Independent: Unlike many other programming languages including C and C++, when Java is compiled, it is not compiled into platform specific machine, rather into platform independent byte code. This byte code is distributed over the web and interpreted by virtual Machine (JVM) on whichever platform it is being run.
Dynamic:
Java is considered to be more dynamic than C or C++ since it is
designed to adapt to an evolving environment. Java programs can carry
extensive amount of run-time information that can be used to verify and
resolve accesses to objects on run-time.
Distributed: Java is designed for the distributed environment of the internet.
High Performance: With the use of Just-In-Time compilers, Java enables high performance.
Simple: Java is designed to be easy to learn. If you understand the basic concept of OOP Java would be easy to master.
Secure: With Java's secure feature it enables to develop virus-free, tamper-free systems. Authentication techniques are based on public-key encryption.
Architectural Neutral:Java compiler generates an architecture-neutral object file format which makes the compiled code to be executable on many processors, with the presence of Java runtime system.
Portable: Being architectural-neutral and having no implementation dependent aspects of the specification makes Java portable. Compiler in Java is written in ANSI C with a clean portability boundary which is a POSIX subset.
Robust: Java makes an effort to eliminate error prone situations by emphasizing mainly on compile time error checking and runtime checking.
Multithreaded: With Java's multithreaded feature it is possible to write programs that can do many tasks simultaneously. This design feature allows developers to construct smoothly running interactive applications.
Interpreted: Java byte code is translated on the fly to native machine instructions and is not stored anywhere. The development process is more rapid and analytical since the linking is an incremental and light weight process.
