Java Language Fundamentals

Java was introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1995.
Java is a programming language popularly used to build programs that can work on the Net.
Its primary features are: it is object-oriented and a cross platform language.
Swing, Drag and Drop, Java 2D API, Java Sound and RMI are some of the features added to the existing version of Java.
A Java applet is designed to work in a pre-defined “sandbox” only. This makes it safe to be used on the Internet.
Java bytecodes are machine language instructions understood by the Java Virtual Machine and usually generated as a result of compiling Java language source code.