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Java Introduction


What is Java?

Java is an object oriented, platform independent, portable, robust highlevel programming language.

Founder : Mr James Gosling

Vendor : Initially Sun MicroSystem Now Oracle

Year :1995



Version of Java Technology

Version Release date End of Free Public Updates Extended Support Until
JDK Beta 1995
JDK 1.0 January 1996
JDK 1.1 February 1997
J2SE 1.2 December 1998
J2SE 1.3 May 2000
J2SE 1.4 February 2002 October 2008 February 2013
J2SE 5.0 September 2004 November 2009 April 2015
Java SE 6 December 2006 April 2013 December 2018
Java SE 7 July 2011 April 2015 July 2022
Java SE 8 (LTS) March 2014 January 2019 for Oracle
(commercial) December 2020
for Oracle (personal use) At
least September 2023 for
AdoptOpenJDK
March 2025
Java SE 9 September 2017 March 2018 for OpenJDK N/A
Java SE 10 March 2018 September 2018 for OpenJDK N/A
Java SE 11 (LTS) September 2018 At least September 2022 for AdoptOpenJDK September 2026
Java SE 12 March 2019


Popular Features of Java Technology

  • Platform Independent
  • Portable
  • Highly Secured
  • Supports Dynamic Code Loading
  • Strictly typed Check
  • Provides Garbage collected Heap Robust Object Oriented