Java is a high-level, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language designed to provide platform independence, security, and simplicity for application developers. Developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995, Java was engineered around the philosophy of “write once, run anywhere” (WORA), enabling compiled Java programs to execute on any device equipped with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), regardless of the host hardware or operating system. Since its inception, Java has grown to power billions of devices worldwide, including web servers, desktop and mobile applications, enterprise systems, embedded devices, and cloud-based infrastructures, making it one of the most influential and widely-used programming languages today.
