{"id":551858,"date":"2007-03-26T20:16:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/551858-java.html"},"modified":"2007-03-26T20:16:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-26T20:16:38","slug":"java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/551858-java.html","title":{"rendered":"Java"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, Java has three official meanings: it could be a large island forming part of Indonesia, a slang term for a cup of coffee or, in this case, a program language designed by Sun Microsystems. <\/font><\/p>\n

The idea behind Java was to create computer programs that could run on any computer without having to be rewritten each time. <\/font><\/p>\n

The reason why that’s necessary is that every type of computer operating system – such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS or even the systems that run your cellphone – are like foreign countries, each with its own language. So while a company might write a game to speak fluently to a Windows PC, if you try and run it on a cellphone you’re out of luck, because to the phone it’s gibberish. <\/font><\/p>\n

What Java does is rely on an extra piece of software – called a Java Virtual Machine – to act as a universal translator between the Java program and the machine it’s running on. <\/font><\/p>\n

Though each translator has to be written for the specific system that it’s running on, once that’s been done, the Java Virtual Machine becomes the equivalent of a local guide in a foreign country – one luckily educated in the language of your choice. <\/font><\/p>\n

The only real limitation then becomes the power of the device and the amount of memory available. Programs for cellphones are designed to be run on small, low-power devices with limited storage capacity; while a large corporate program is designed to run on a fast, high-powered machine with access to massive amounts of memory. <\/font><\/p>\n

Therefore, a cellphone would be unlikely to run the corporate program. However, a program designed for a cellphone should, in theory, run fine on the big computer.<\/font><\/p>\n

Comments<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Finweek<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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