2026-06-11 GMT +2 : 21:47 welcome to an overview of java which introduces you to the fundamentals of java and how it relates to today's technology. this multimedia tutorial is part of a total learning system for the java computer language and programming environment. once you complete this module, you'll understand the structure and purpose of the java system architecture. you'll also understand basic "object-oriented programming" (OOP is an approach to designing computer programs. Rather than focus on algorithms, which is the basis of traditional procedural programming, OOP focuses on the data. As you design an OOP program, you primary tasks are to determine the types of objects that you need, the characteristics of those objects, and the interactions between objects of different types. Java is designed as an object-oriented programming language, meaning that the features of the language force a programmer to think in an object-oriented way.) concepts the will prepare you to learn more about the java programming language and its syntax. Java is a computing environment that makes secure distributed computing practical. this lesson introduces you to java, its history, and its relationship to the internet. when you finish this lesson, you'll be able to: * understand how the java compiler, bytecodes, and virtual machine work together * identify the ways in which java is suited to network environments * identify the components of the JDK and their purpose Java is a new computer programming language and run time environment developed by sun microsystems. much of the syntax of java was based on the C++ programming language. many of its dynamic object oriented concepts evolved from SmallTalk, Objective C, and Lisp. C++ is an evolution of the C programming language. java is a trademark of sun microsystems, Inc. in the U. S. and in other countries. java's characteristics make it an ideal language for developing programs that run in a distributed envinonment such as the internet. click on each of the characteristics shown in the diagram to see how support is built into java. when you have finished, click the Reality Check button to answer a question about these characteristics. java is : Opject Oriented : Familiar : Robust : Secure : Architecture-Neutral High-Performance Interpreted Threaded Dynamic Simple
