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Java is a software application that was influenced by several programming languages. Specifically, its design was influenced by C++, Simula 67, Smalltalk, Objective-C, Object Pascal, and Oberon, along with two additional languages.

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: C++[3], C[4], Ada (programming language)[5], Simula 67[6], Smalltalk[7], Objective-C[8], Object Pascal[9], Oberon[10], Eiffel (programming language)[11], Modula-3[12], Mesa[13], Simula[14], C#[15], UCSD Pascal[16]
  • Instance of: software[17], multi-paradigm programming language[18], programming language[19]
  • Named after: Java coffee[20]
  • Based on: Oak[21]
  • Developer: Oracle Corporation[22], James Gosling[23]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License[24]
  • Subclass of: programming language[25]
  • Designed by: James Gosling[26], Sun Microsystems[27]
  • Software version identifier: Java Standard Edition 10[28], Java SE 14.0.2[29], Java SE 15[30], Java SE 15.0.1[31], Java SE 15.0.2[32], Java SE 16.0.1[33], Java SE 16.0.2[34], Java SE 17[35], Java SE 18[36], Java SE 11[37], Java SE 19[38], Java SE 8[39], Java SE 20[40], Java SE 21[41]
  • Part of: Java platform[42]
  • Commons category: Java (programming language)[43]
  • Country of origin: United States[44]
  • Inception: 1995[45]
  • Publication date: May 23, 1995[46]
  • Mascot: Duke[47]
  • Official website: https://www.oracle.com/java/[48], https://www.java.com/[49]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Java (programming language)[50]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Java[51]
  • Media type: application/java-archive[52]
  • File extension: java[53], class[54], jar[55], jad[56], jmod[57]
  • Described by source: The Java Language Specification[58]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/java[59], https://serverfault.com/tags/java[60], https://or.stackexchange.com/tags/java[61]
  • Used by: Java virtual machine[62]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Java include JavaScript[63].

Why It Matters

Java has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Java is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

Java has been cited as an influence by Python[66], an object-based language[67], founded in 1991[68]; JavaScript[69], a scripting language[70], founded in 1995[71]; PHP[72], a scripting language[73], founded in 1995[74]; TypeScript[75], a programming language[76], founded in 2012[77]; Scala[78], an object-based language[79], founded in 2004[80]; and Dart[81], an object-based language[82], founded in 2011[83].

Entities named for Java include JavaScript[63].

FAQs

Who did Java influence?

Java has been cited as an influence by Python[66], JavaScript[69], PHP[72], and TypeScript[75].

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Class ancestry

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  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#Java, http://www.ebi.ac.uk/swo/SWO_0000012, https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_09007bc0_b5f2_4fb9_af01_caf948cf2
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  2. 18d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C2349992
    Subclass of → programming language
    Equivalent class → http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#Java, http://www.ebi.ac.uk/swo/SWO_0000012, https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_09007bc0_b5f2_4fb9_af01_caf948cf2
    Exact match → http://www.farzanegi.org/computing/Java?lang=PA
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  3. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C71585
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  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → OK5su
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  5. 17w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chess programming wiki id → Java
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Chess programming wiki id: Java, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293505077|Java (#293505077)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8017|Chess Programming Wiki "
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001892-Java-programovaci-jazyk
    Instance of → JVM language, software, multi-paradigm programming language +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001892-Java-programovaci-jazyk, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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