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The origin of the name Java

Speaking of where the name Java came from, there are different versions of the legend circulating around the world.

1. Coffee Talk

In 1995, SUN and Hollywood were preparing to hold a technical exchange meeting to promote the company's products. James Gosling brought his system to the technical exchange meeting. But he can no longer use the name OAK. OAK has been registered by a semiconductor company, and has been registered in many fields, so the name can only be changed. James Gosling looked around for inspiration. He saw a coffee cup with Java printed on it. James Gosling changed the name of this language to Java.

2. Hypothesis

In June and July 1994, after a three-day brainstorming discussion, the Green team decided to once again change the direction of their efforts. goal, this time they decided to apply the technology to the World Wide Web. They believed that with the arrival of the Mosaic browser, the Internet was evolving toward the same highly interactive vision they had seen on cable television. At this time, the Green team members were on vacation in Java, Indonesia, so they changed Oak's name to Java.

3. Abbreviation

The Java name comes from the combination of the developers' names: the abbreviations of James Gosling, Arthur Van Hoff and Andy Bechtolsheim.

4. Brainstorming

Regarding the origin of Java naming, James Gosling once answered Jonathan Schwartz. The original text is as follows: We need a name. We already used oak (which I picked at random), however by the time the development team approached it, the trademark had been ruled out by lawyers. We received many emails about the naming debate, but the issue was not resolved. We need to end this sticky situation, and the number one issue holding us back is naming. Our marketing leadership learned about someone who was a "naming consultant" (I can't remember his name, but he was great). It is impossible for us to provide either the money or the time for a regular product naming process. He agreed to do something temporary, but efficient and fast: one afternoon, about a dozen of us locked ourselves in a room, and he acted as moderator. He asked us to write some names to make a selection. We ended up writing twelve shortlisted names and sent them to a panel of lawyers for review. The team of lawyers looked at the list and selected candidates that would eliminate other names. "Java" is the fourth name on the list. The first name on the list was "Silk", a name that I hated but others loved. My favorite was the third name on the list, "Lyric," but it didn't pass muster with the lawyers. I don't remember the other candidate names. Why is it named Java? Marketing organized a meeting where consultants were nominated and all of us shouted out random words. To be honest, I'm really not sure who said "Java" first, but I'm pretty sure it was Mark Opperman. There really is no outstanding market idea that can pass unanimous approval.