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Java

UK/ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/ US/ˈdʒɑvʌ/ uncommon us

noun

1.

an island in Indonesia south of Borneo; one of the world''s most densely populated regions

2.

a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

  • “he ordered a cup of coffee”
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a simple platform-independent object-oriented programming language used for writing applets that are downloaded from the World Wide Web by a client and run on the client''s machine

Origin

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.

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