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What is the history of java ?

The internet and the World Wide Web were starting to emerge in 1996 and Java was not originally designed with the internet in mind. Instead, Sun Microsystems engineers envisioned small, appliance-sized, interconnected devices that could communicate with each other.

As a result, the Java programming language paid more attention to the task of network programming than other competing languages. Through the java.net APIs, the Java programming language took large strides in simplifying the traditionally difficult task of programming across a network.

The first full increment of Java occurred on Jan. 23, 1996. The well-known JavaBeans interface was introduced in Java 1.1 in February 1997.

Later versions of Java releases have received nicknames, such as JDK 1.2 being referred to as Java 2. Java 2 saw considerable improvements to API collections, while Java 5 included significant changes to Java syntax through a new feature called Generics.

In October 2009, Google released the Android software developer's kit (SDK), a standard development kit that made it possible for mobile device developers to write applications for Android-based devices using Java APIs.

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