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History of Java

Java was originally called Oak, an object-oriented programming language similar to C++. In 1995, Oak was renamed to Java to avoid trademark issues. Many versions of Java have been released since 1995, with the current stable version being Java SE 10 released in March 2018.

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History of Java

Java was originally called Oak, an object-oriented programming language similar to C++. In 1995, Oak was renamed to Java to avoid trademark issues. Many versions of Java have been released since 1995, with the current stable version being Java SE 10 released in March 2018.

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History of Java

Java is the object oriented, similar to C++ high-


level programming language and architecture
2 neutral developed by Sun Microsystems. Java was
originally called OAK.

In 1995, Oak was renamed as "Java" because it


was already a trademark by Oak Technologies.

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Java Version History
Many java versions have been released till now. The current stable release of Java is Java SE 10.

1. JDK Alpha and Beta (1995) 7. J2SE 5.0 (30th Sep 2004)

2. JDK 1.0 (23rd Jan 1996) 8. Java SE 6 (11th Dec 2006)

3. JDK 1.1 (19th Feb 1997) 9. Java SE 7 (28th July 2011)

4. J2SE 1.2 (8th Dec 1998) 10. Java SE 8 (18th March 2014)

5. J2SE 1.3 (8th May 2000) 11. Java SE 9 (21st Sep 2017)

6. J2SE 1.4 (6th Feb 2002) 12. Java SE 10 (20th March 2018)

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