Java (disambiguation)

The term Java can refer to:

In geography:

• Java (island), Indonesia, the most populous island in the world
  • Javanese language, a language widely spoken on the island of Java
  • Java coffee, a variety of coffee plant which originated on the island of Java, or a slang word for coffee
• Java Trench, a subduction zone trench off of the island of Java
• Java, Georgia
• Java, New York, USA
• Java, South Dakota, USA

In computer science:

• Java, a technology developed by Sun Microsystems for machine-independent software, which encompasses:
  • Java programming language, an object-oriented high-level programming language
  • Java virtual machine, the virtual machine that runs Java byte code
  • Java platform, the Java virtual machine plus API specifications
    • Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, targets desktop environment
    • Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, targets server environment
    • Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, targets embedded consumer products
• JavaScript, a scripting language syntactically similar to, but semantically different from, the Java programming language

Java may also mean:

• Java (band), a French band
• Java (board game), a board game set on the island of Java
• Java (cachaça), a brand of cachaça
• Java Man, the Pithecanthropus erectus