What is the Java Technology

The Java Technology is :

• A programing Language 
• A development environment 
• An application environment
• A development enviroment

The syntax of Java programming language is similar to C++ syntax.
You can use Java programming language to create all applications that you could create by any conventional programming language.

As a development environment Java technology provides you with a large suite of tools i.e a compiler,an interpreter,a documentation generator,a class file packaging tool and so on .

The Java programming language is usually mentioned in the context of the WORLD WIDE WEB  (Web) and Browsers that are compatible of running programs called applets.Applets are programs written in he Java programming language that reside on web servers ,are downloaded by a browser to a client's system and are run by that browser.Applets are usually small in size to minimize download time and are invoked by a HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE(HTML) web page.

Java Technology applications are standalone programs that do not require a web browser to execute.Typically,they are general-purpose programs that run on any machine where the Java runtime environment(JRE) is installed.

There are two main deployment environments.        
1.JRE supplied by the Java 2 Software Development Kit(Java 2 SDK) contains the complete sset of class files for all of Java Technology packages which includes basic Language classes,GUI component classes,an advanced collection API and so on .
2.The second main deployment environment ison web browser.Most commercial browsers supply a Java Technology interpreter and runtime environment.