Java: Indonesian Island, Programming Language, or Strong Coffee?

We'll find something interesting when searching the web using keyword "Java". The keyword will lead us to three different major subjects: Java as a name of Indonesian main island, a slang term for coffee, and a name of programming language developed by SUN Microsystem. Java programming language is exactly most popular searches. That's not surprising since the programming language is one of the most discussed topic on computer technology ground. However, you may want to know some cool facts about other java subjects. Lets take a quick tour.

Java Island

Java is an island of Indonesia. Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. Java is the place where I was born and grew up - and live until today. Current US President Barack Obama also spent his childhood in Jakarta, following his Javanese stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.

Java is the most populous island in Indonesia, home to 130 million in 2006 - approximately 62% of the country's population, and is the most populous island in the world, ahead of Honshū, the main island of Japan.

Java was the site of many influential ancient kingdoms in the Southeast Asia region, and as a result, many ancient literary works have been written by Javanese authors. At present, while the majority of Javanese are Muslim, Java has a diverse mixture of religious beliefs and cultures.

Java Programming Language

Java originally developed by James Gosling and his team at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. Sun made available most of their Java technologies as free software under the GNU General Public License.

The language initially called "Oak" after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office, then went by the name "Green", and finally ended up later renamed as "Java", taken from a list of random words.

Java derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.

Java Coffee

Americans using "Java" as a slang term for coffee generally. However, the original term of "java" derives from Java coffee, an Arabica coffee beans produced in Java island's plantation areas. Java coffee is specifically used to distinguish the strong, black, very sweet coffee with powdered grains in the drink, from other forms of the drink.

Java’s Arabica coffee production is centered at East Java province, at an altitude of more than 1,400 meters (approximately 4,600 ft) above sea level. The coffee is primarily grown on large estates that were built by the Dutch in the 18th century, that cover more than 4,000 acres of plantation area.