What does JAVA stand for?

United States
December 16, 2006 4:43pm CST
I know this sounds so easy ...what does JAVA stand for in the field of technology?
3 responses
@Khangura (924)
• Canada
16 Dec 06
"Java" is just a name that Sun gave to their programming language, Runtime Environment, and all the bits and pieces associate with it. Java is NOT an acronym = it does NOT stand for "Just Another ....." or anything like that. A story I've heard, not that I've been able to confirm it but, the Java developers were trying to think of a different name from the original 'Oak', which was already taken by another department as the name for their project.They were sitting aroud drinking coffee, hence came the name Java.
• United States
16 Dec 06
Makes sense. Thanks.
@tsamcq (457)
• United States
16 Dec 06
I don't think it is an acronym. It is simply a general purpose, high-level, object-oriented, cross-platform programming language developed by Sun Microsystems
• United States
16 Dec 06
Known inforamtion - Thank you.
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
16 Dec 06
I don't know if it stands for anything, it's not spelled in all caps, but just Java--like coffee, or the Indonesian island. It might just be a name, like Windows or Macintosh.
• United States
16 Dec 06
Interesting.