Characteristics Of Java

ABSTRACT

A high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java was originally called OAK, and was designed for handheld devices and set-top boxes. Oak was unsuccessful so in 1995 Sun changed the name to Java and modified the language to take advantage of the burgeoning World Wide Web. 

Java is an object-oriented language similar to C++, but simplified to eliminate language features that cause common programming errors. Java source code files (files with a .java extension) are compiled into a format called bytecode (files with a .class extension), which can then be executed by a Java interpreter. Compiled Java code can run on most computers because Java interpreters and runtime environments, known as Java Virtual Machines (VMs), exist for most operating systems, including UNIX, the Macintosh OS, and Windows. Bytecode can also be converted directly into machine language instructions by a just-in-time compiler (JIT). 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CERTIFICATION PAGE

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

1.2PURPOSE OF STUDY

1.3IMPORTANCE OF STUDY

1.4DEFINITION OF TERMS

1.5ASSUMPTION OF STUDY

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 HISTORY

2.2 LEARNING JAVA PROGRAMMING

2.3 RICH STANDARD LIBRARY OF JAVA

2.4 APPLET INTERFACE

2.5 FAMILIAR C++-LIKE SYNTAX

2.6 GARBAGE COLLECTION

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 DESCRIPTION OF FEATURES

3.1 JAVA IS SIMPLE

3.2 JAVA IS ROBUST

3.3 JAVA IS AN OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

3.4 JAVA IS PORTABLE

3.5 JAVA IS SECURE

3.6 JAVA IS MULTITHREADED

3.7 INTERPRETED

3.8 ARCHITECTURE NEUTRAL

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JAVA AND JAVASCRIPT

4.1 MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JAVAâ„¢, C AND C++

4.1.1 MEMORY ADMINISTRATION

4.1.2 TIPE OF DATA

4.1.3 OPERATORS

4.1.4 FLUX CONTROL

4.1.5 ARGUMENTS

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION

5.1LIMITATION OF STUDY

5.2SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

5.3 REFERENCES