| Java (software platform) | … |
|---|---|
| The Java technology logo | … |
| Original authors | James Gosling, Sun Microsystems |
| Developer | Oracle Corporation |
| Release | January 23, 199612 |
| Stable release | 26.0.2 (July 21, 20263) [±] 25.0.4 LTS (July 21, 20263) [±] 21.0.12 LTS (July 21, 20263) [±] 17.0.20 LTS (July 21, 20263) [±] 11.0.32 LTS (July 21, 20263) [±] 8u501 LTS (July 21, 20263) [±] |
| Written in | Java, C++, C, assembly language4 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 10+, Linux, macOS,5 and for old versions: Solaris |
| Platform | x64, ARMv8, and for old versions: ARMv7, IA-32, SPARC (up to Java 14) (Java 8 includes 32-bit support for Windows – while no longer supported freely by Oracle for commercial use)5 |
| Available in | English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish6 |
| Type | Software platform |
| License | Dual-license: GNU General Public License version 2 with classpath exception,7 and a proprietary license.8 |
| Website | • oracle .com /java / • java .com • dev .java |
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Ortiz, C. Enrique; Giguère, Éric (2001). Mobile Information Device Profile for Java 2 Micro Edition: Developer’s Guide (PDF). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0471034650. Retrieved May 30, 2012. ↩
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“Java Development Kit Releases”. Java.com. Retrieved July 30, 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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“HotSpot Group”. Openjdk.java.net. Retrieved February 9, 2016. ↩
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“Oracle JDK 8 and JRE 8 Certified System Configurations Contents”. Oracle.com. April 8, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2016. ↩ ↩2
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“Java SE 7 Supported Locales”. Oracle.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016. ↩
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“OpenJDK: GPLv2 + Classpath Exception”. Openjdk.java.net. April 1, 1989. Retrieved February 9, 2016. ↩
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“BCL For Java SE”. Oracle.com. April 2, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2016. ↩