java

name

1. An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
2. An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.

   “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.”

3. (proscribed)JavaScript (by confusion with Java).

   “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 ?”

   “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.”

noun

1. A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
2. (countable, uncountable)A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
3. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Coffee in general.

   “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.”

4. A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.

   “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.”