Java
proper noun
- Indonesian island
- programming language
- place name
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/ / /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island.
- An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
- An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
“The awesome power of RSS delivered to me this morning a link to a new blog post by Robert X Cringeley. The post, The second coming of Java got me thinking.”
- JavaScript (by confusion with Java).
“In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java alert which says that field two should have a value and then a java alert which says that field one should have a value and then a java... get the picture ?”
“I created an alert window using java script, but I found the fonts too small. Is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree French javabor. English java Borrowed from French java.
- A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
“The java is the dance of the moment among a certain less desirable crowd, and this prohibition is enough to keep out the desperadoes who foregather every afternoon at the Petit-Balcon dance hall down the street.”