It is the largest installed base among various mobile platforms across the globe. Hundreds of millions of mobile devices are powered by Android in more than 190 countries of the world. It conquered around 71% of the global market share by the end of 2021, and this trend is growing bigger every other day.
Java was developed in 1991 by James Gosling and his team at Sun Microsystems. It was initially called Oak, inspired by an oak tree outside Goslingβs office. Later, it was renamed Java (inspired by coffee β) before its official release in 1995.
π 1995: Java 1.0 released
π 2006: Sun Microsystems open-sourced Java.
π 2010: Oracle acquired Java from Sun Microsystems.
π 2017: Introduction of Javaβs 6-month release cycle (New versions are released twice a year!).
π Present: Java powers Android, web apps, cloud computing, and more!.
1οΈβ£ JDK (Java Development Kit) β
2οΈβ£ JRE (Java Runtime Environment) πββοΈ
3οΈβ£ JVM (Java Virtual Machine) π₯
4οΈβ£ Memory Management in Java ποΈ
5οΈβ£ Storage Required for Java ποΈ