Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term “Java” refers to a pair of technologies: the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

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(1) For the languages used in AI, see AI programming languages. (2) A language used to write computer instructions. A programming language lets the programmer express data processing in a symbolic ...