Java (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Animals 2 Computer science 3 Consumables 4 Entertainment 5 Geography 6 Plants 7 Ships 8 Other

Java most commonly refers to:

• Java, an island in Indonesia and the most populous island in the world
• Java (Sun), a technology developed by Sun Microsystems for machine-independent software
• Java (programming language), an object-oriented high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems

Java may also refer to:

[edit] Animals

• Java Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus javanicus, a species of pipistrelle bat
• Java shark, Carcharhinus amboinensis, also known as the pigeye shark
• Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora, a popular cage-bird

[edit] Computer science

• Java (Sun), a technology developed by Sun Microsystems for machine-independent software, which encompasses:
  • Java (programming language), an object-oriented high-level programming language
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE), a software bundle from Sun Microsystems that allows a computer to run a Java application.
  • Java Virtual Machine, part of the JRE
  • Java Platform, the Java virtual machine plus API specifications
    • Java Platform, Standard Edition, targets desktop environment
    • Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, targets server environment
    • Java Platform, Micro Edition, targets embedded consumer products
  • Java applet, allows software to run in web browers, and is accessible on most PCs
  • Java mascot, the mascot of the Java programming language, named Duke.
  • JavaScript, a web scripting language that is different from the Java programming language

[edit] Consumables

• Java (cigarettes), a brand of Russian cigarettes
• Java coffee, a variety of coffee grown on the island of Java, or American slang for 'coffee'
• Java, a brand of cachaça, a type of alcohol

[edit] Entertainment

• Java (band), a French band
• Java (dance), a Parisian Bal-musette dance
• Java (Martin Mystére), a Neanderthal who assists the title character in Martin Mystère comics
• Java Joel, midwestern U.S. DJ
• Java Barn, live music venue at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
• Java, a song by Allen Toussaint

[edit] Geography

• Java is an island in Indonesia and the most populous island in the world.
  And its derivative or related articles include:
  • Javanese people, the largest ethnic group in Indonesia
  • Javanese language, a language widely spoken on the island of Java
  • West Java, an Indonesian province
  • Central Java, an Indonesian province
  • East Java, an Indonesian province
  • Battle of Java (1942), land battle
  • Battle of the Java Sea, preceding naval battle
  • Java Sea, north of the island of Java
  • Java Man, one of the first specimens of Homo Erectus to be discovered
  • Javan Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus , critically endangered species of rhinoceros
  • Javan Tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, subspecies of tiger believed to be extinct
  • Java Trench, a subduction zone trench west of the island of Java
  • Java War or Diponegoro War, fought in Java between the Dutch and Diponegoro, 1825-30
  • Anglo-Dutch Java War, 1810-11
• Java, Georgia, a town in the Republic of Georgia
  • Java district, Georgia, district around this town
• Java, São Tomé and Príncipe
• Java, New York, USA
• Java, South Dakota, USA; the zip code is 57452
• Java, Argyll and Bute, a settlement in Scotland
• Java Road, in North Point, Hong Kong Island
• Java, Virginia, a village in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

[edit] Plants

• Java apple, Syzygium samarangense, tree also known as the wax apple
• Java fern, Microsorum pteropus, an aquatic fern
• Java moss, Versicularia dubyana, a common aquarium moss
• Java pepper, Piper cubeba, also known as cubeb
• Java plum, Spondias mombin, also known as the golden apple

[edit] Ships

• HMS Java, three ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Java (1815), a 44-gun frigate in the United States Navy
• Java class cruiser, a class of Dutch World War Two vintage cruisers

[edit] Other

• Java (board game), a board game set on the island of Java
• Chrysler Java, a 1999 concept car