Javais a set of computer
software and specifications developed by James
Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by
the Oracle Corporation, that provides a system for
developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment. Java is used in a wide variety
of computing platforms from embedded
devices and mobile phones to enterprise
servers and supercomputers. Java applets,
which are less common than standalone Java
applications, were commonly run in secure, sandboxed environments to
provide many features of native applications through being embedded
in HTML pages.