Java Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
nameAn island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
Sentence Examples
This coffee is a blend of Java and Brazil.
No, you don't know Java. You know JavaSCRIPT.
Java and Javascript are like India and Indonesia, they aren't the same thing.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning I drink a large cup of hot ____ to help me focus.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is a popular programming language that is used to create many types of software and applications.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The awesome power of RSS delivered to me this morning a link to a new blog post by Robert X Cringeley. The post, The second coming of Java got me thinking."
— 2011 October 17, Matthew Baxter-Reynolds, “Java's second coming? Over my cold, dead RAM-cached database”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2022:
"In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java alert which says that field two should have a value and then a java alert which says that field one should have a value and then a java... get the picture ?"
— 1996 December 10, Cédric Bouckaert, “onBlur event handler with input fields”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
"I created an alert window using java script, but I found the fonts too small. Is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens."
— 1997 February 18, AG, “alert...is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
"45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory."
— 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:
"The java is the dance of the moment among a certain less desirable crowd, and this prohibition is enough to keep out the desperadoes who foregather every afternoon at the Petit-Balcon dance hall down the street."
— 2015, Luc Sante, The Other Paris: An illustrated journey through a city's poor and Bohemian past, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning I drink a large cup of hot ____ to help me focus.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is a popular programming language that is used to create many types of software and applications.