Sun Microsystems

• Developed in 1991 by Sun Microsystems as a language for consumer electronics, Sun transitioned Java to the web in 1994. The company has since released the language as open-source to encourage web development and still continues to support and update it.
  
  

Update

• If a computer, whatever kind it may be, is configured to look for and/or download Java updates, a notification will display on the desktop. On a PC, this will usually be in the bottom RH corner near the clock display. Depending on the setting, it may notify of an available update or a ready-to-install update.
  
  

Remain Current

• In order for Java-based Internet applications to run properly, especially on highly active multimedia content Websites, a current installation of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is necessary. Sun, as well as many third-party sources, also send out frequent updates to the several development environments freely available for Java programming.
  
  

Required!

• Online games (such as RuneScape, which is completely programmed in Java), chat clients and calculators are just a few of the features Java brings to an Internet-connected PC. It's also a major player in e-business solutions and corporate computing networks.
  
  

OOP

• As an object-oriented language based on C++, Java is currently the language that comes closest to being universal across platforms. For example, in many cases, the same code can be used to run programs on a PC, a MAC and a Sun SPARC Station.