➢ Author - James Gosling in 1991
➢ Vendor - Sun Micro System ( which later merged into Oracle Corporation )
➢ Initial Objective - needed simple, tight coded(write less no.of instructions) and architectural neutral programming language to prepare simple electronic consumer goods.
➢ First release - Java 1(JDK 1.0.2),released on January 23, 1996
➢ Symbol - coffee cup with saucer
➢ Slogan/Motto - WORA(write once run anywhere)
➢ Implementation Lang - c, cpp…
➢ Type - open source & free software
➢ Initial Name - OAK language
➢ Extensions - .java & .class & .jar