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JAVA???


  • From: darose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Rosenstrauch)
  • Subject: JAVA???
  • Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:20:15 -0500

At 06:55 PM 12/27/00 +0530, A. VIKRAM SATHYANARAYANA wrote:
>Does anyone know the expansion of JAVA???
>
>cheers
>viky


If you're asking, "What is Java an acronym for (i.e., J.A.V.A.)?", the 
answer is:  It's not an acronym, it's just a name/word.

The language was originally named "Oak" internally at Sun.  But Oak was 
already a trademark of some other company.  So the development team came up 
with a few names that sounded cool (I assume the name "Java" was offered 
due to someone's affinity for coffee) and then gave them to the 
lawyers.  "Java" was the first one that wasn't already trademarked, so they 
grabbed it.


DR



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