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java
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun java has 3 senses
- java(n = noun.location) Array - an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions; Array is a part of dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia
- java(n = noun.food) coffee - a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" has particulars: coffee substitute, irish coffee, cafe au lait, cafe noir, demitasse, decaf, decaffeinated coffee, drip coffee, espresso, cappuccino, cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino, ice coffee, iced coffee, instant coffee, mocha, mocha coffee, turkish coffee, cafe royale, coffee royal
- java(n = noun.communication) Array - a platform-independent object-oriented programming language; Array is a kind of object-oriented programing language, object-oriented programming language
has parts: capital of indonesia, djakarta, jakarta, bandung, samarang, semarang
is a kind of island
Derived form adjective javan1
is a kind of beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
CIDE DICTIONARY
java, n.
- One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands. [1913 Webster]
- Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java. [1913 Webster]
- an object-oriented computer programming language, derived largely from
C++ , used widely for design and display of web pages on the world-wide web. It is an interpreted language, and has been suggested as a platform-independent code to allow execution of the same progam under multiple operating systems without recompiling. The language is still (1997) under active development, and is evolving. [GG]
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