Introduction to Java O verview of Java: 1. Java is a high-level, robust, object-oriented, and secure programming language. 2. Java was developed by James Gosling at Sun MicroSystem_Inc in 1991. 3. Sun Microsystems released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1996. 4. James Gosling is known as the father of java. The language was initially called Oak. Since Oak was already a registered company, so James Gosling and his team changed the name from Oak to Java. J ava Terminology 1. JDK: JDK stands for Java Development Kit. JDK is a set of tools it includes a compiler, Java Runtime Environment (JRE), Java debugger, Java doc, etc. 2. JRE : JRE stands for Java Runtime Environment. Java runtime environment helps in executing Java Programs. JRE includes a browser, JVM, applet supports, and plugins. J ava Editions We have mainly three editions of java. 1. Java Standard Editions (SE) 2. Java Enterprises Edition (EE) 3. Java Micro E...