Java

Ja·va ¹  (jäv, jv)

An island of Indonesia separated from Borneo by the Java Sea, an arm of the western Pacific Ocean. Center of an early Hindu Javanese civilization, Java was converted to Islam before the arrival of the Europeans (mainly the Dutch) in the late 16th century.

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Ja·va ²  (jäv, jv)

A trademark used for a programming language designed to develop applications, especially ones for the Internet, that can operate on different platforms.

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ja·va  (jäv, jv)

n. Informal

Brewed coffee.

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[After Java¹.]

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Java

Noun

Trademark a computer programming language that is widely used on the internet [after Java coffee from the Indonesian island, allegedly drunk by its creators]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Java - an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia - a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions capital of Indonesia, Djakarta, Jakarta - capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century Bandung - a city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate Samarang, Semarang - a port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java Javan, Javanese - a native or inhabitant of Java
	2.	java - a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" coffee coffee substitute - a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" Irish coffee - sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream cafe au lait - equal parts of coffee and hot milk cafe noir, demitasse - small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream decaf, decaffeinated coffee - coffee with the caffeine removed drip coffee - coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee espresso - strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans cappuccino, cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino - equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream ice coffee, iced coffee - a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream instant coffee - dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water; "the advantages of instant coffee are speed of preparation and long shelf life" mocha coffee, mocha - a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia Turkish coffee - a drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually sweetened coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee - a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee cafe royale, coffee royal - black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar caffein, caffeine - a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects
	3.	Java - a platform-independent object-oriented programming language object-oriented programing language, object-oriented programming language - (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C"

Translations

Java [ˈdʒɑːvə] n → Java

Java [ˈdʒɑːvə] n → Java f

Java [ˈdʒɑːvə] n → Java nt

Java [ˈdʒɑːvə] n → Giava