COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINSTATION AND MANAGEMENT(IPAM MODULE: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COURSE:BSC IN INFOMATION TECHNOLOGY YEAR 1 BY: NAOMI BALAMA MOORE Assignment 1 1. Summary of Java’s History Java is a high-level, object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and his team at Sun Microsystems in 199 5 . Java was originally created for interactive television systems, but it became popular for internet applications because it allows programs to run on different computers without modification. This is possible because of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) , which translates Java code into a form that any computer can run. The main goal of Java was to create a language that is simple, secure, portable, and reliable . Because of these features, Java became one of the most widely used programming languages for web applications, enterprise software, mobile apps, and large systems. In 2010 , Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems and became the company responsi...