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Java 2

The second version of Java from Sun which adds numerous enhancements, including a GUI library (Swing), accessibility and 2D libraries, drag and drop capabilities, support for several audio files...

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Definition: Java 2

The second version of Java from Sun which adds numerous enhancements, including a GUI library (Swing), accessibility and 2D libraries, drag and drop capabilities, support for several audio files and digital certificates as well as enhanced security tools. Java 2 also provides a JIT compiler and a CORBA ORB. This version is known as the Java 2 Standard Edition, which was followed by the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE). See Swing and J2EE.



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    Google’s mobile phone platform, Android, supports a relatively large subset of the Java Standard Edition 5.0 library. Some things were left out because they simply didn’t make sense (like...

    Blog posts | January 14, 2008 5:25am PST

  • App server vendors come out swinging at JavaOne

    Oracle and BEA each are claiming that their development tools will offer the greatest range of programmer access, flexibility, and portability. Whether either vendor can deliver on these promises...

    News items | June 9, 2003 12:00am PDT

  • .Net Versus J2EE (Java) for CIOs: Strange Bedfellows

    The decision to select .Net or Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is easy - both should be supported unless the IT organization (ITO) can standardize on Microsoft (MSFT). Because only the smallest...

    News items | June 2, 2003 12:00am PDT

  • Application Platform Selection

    The delivery of Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net IDE (integrated development environment) marked the beginning of the next battle phase for platform supremacy. Organizations must determine a...

    News items | March 12, 2003 12:00am PST

  • Java preps for next wireless wave

    Wireless is heating up again, as this week's Java One conference amply demonstrates. But when you revive your wireless efforts, says Eric Knorr, don't shoot too low or too soon.

    News items | March 25, 2002 12:00am PST

  • Gulp! J2EE on a handheld?

    For smaller, mobile applications, Zeosphere can make a handheld the equal of any J2EE-based application server. The key: support for Enterprise Java Beans.

    News items | January 17, 2002 12:00am PST

  • Holy handheld, Batman! They put Java where?!

    Write once, run anywhere? It's not that simple, because footprint matters. But a small Massachusetts company has developed a hi-test JVM on a handhelds.

    News items | December 13, 2001 12:00am PST

  • The mobile enterprise isn't dead--it's hibernating

    Wireless initiatives may be off the radar--but not forever. Eric Knorr suggests Java can help your business prepare for their return.

    News items | November 13, 2001 12:00am PST

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