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What is Java?
What is an operating system?
How can java run on any operating system?

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 What is Java?
Java is an objest oriented (OO) computer programming language that was first 
called "oak" by Sun Microsystems green team in 1992. It allows a computer 
programmer to write a program in a single language, yet it can be used on 
any operating system (OS).
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 What is an operating system?
Some familiar operating systems are Windows XP (Bill Gates/Microsoft)and 
Tiger X (Steve Jobs/Apple). Some unfamiliar operating systems are Solaris
(Sun Microsystems) and Linux(Open Source). A program written in java can be 
used on any of these operating systems.
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 How can java run on any operating system?
It converts the java code to the particular system that you want it to run 
on by a magic machine called a java virtual machine(JVM).
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