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