Infotech English For Computer Users Student's Book - Unit 25
Java lets you watch _____ characters on web pages
animated
a small Java application, usually designed to run automatically within a web page
applet
Java programs (called _____ ) let you watch animated characters and moving text, play music, and interact with information on the screen (for example, control animations and select options)
applets
Java is _____ , meaning a Java program can have multiple threads (parts) - that is, many different things processing independently and continuously
multi-threaded
The first major application created with Java was the _____
Hotjava browser
an island in Indonesia, coffee (in American slang), and a programming language for internet applications
Java
Compiled Java code can run on most computers because there are Java interpreters, known as _____ , for most operating systems
Java Virtual Machines
With the advent of the Web in 1993, the company made a web browser _____ on the Oak language
based
The Java language _____ to attract serious attention from the internet community and was soon _____ by Netscape Navigator and MS Internet Explorer
began supported
First, the source code of a Java program is _____ into an intermediate format called
compiled
With the _____ , a program is first converted into Java bytecodes
compiler
Nowadays, most mobile phones are _____ to use Java games
configured
At that time, web pages _____ only display text, pictures and hyperlinks
could
The idea for Java started in 1990, when a team of software engineers at Sun Microsystems _____ to create a language for a handheld device that could control and interact with various kinds of electronic appliances, ranging from Nintendo Game Boys to VCRs and TV set-top boxes
decided
They _____ an object-oriented programming language that one of the engineers, James Gosling, called Oak, after the tree outside his window
developed
Flash files are called _____
flash movies
Flash files, traditionally called _____ , have a .swf file extension
flash movies
The device even _____ an animated character named Duke, who would go on to become Java's mascot
had
This is then _____ by any system possessing a Java interpreter
interpreted
Java is an _____ language, similar to C++ but more dynamic
object-oriented
Java is an _____ language, similar to C++, but more dynamic and simplified to eliminate possible programming errors
object-oriented
a computer programming technique that allows the creation of objects that interact with each other and can be used as the foundation of others; used to create graphical user interfaces
object-oriented programming
software that can run on any operating system
platform-independent
an auxiliary program that enables web browsers to support new content, for example animation
plug-in
Microsoft's C# is a simplified version of C and C++ for the Web. It's _____ 'C sharp'
pronounced
Later on, this language was adapted to the Internet and _____ Java. The 1.0 version of Java was officially introduced by Sun in May 1995
renamed
The Java ME platform is widely _____ in mobile devices
used
With the arrival of Java, web designers _____ able to include animation and interactive programs on web pages
were