JAVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Java mean? 

• JAVA (noun)
  The noun JAVA has 3 senses:

1. an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions

2. a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

3. a platform-independent object-oriented programming language

  Familiarity information: JAVA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Java"):

capital of Indonesia; Djakarta; Jakarta (capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century)

Bandung (a city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate)

Samarang; Semarang (a port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java)

Meronyms (members of "Java"):

Javan; Javanese (a native or inhabitant of Java)

Holonyms ("Java" is a part of...):

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)

Derivation:

Javan (of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coffee; java

Context example:

he ordered a cup of coffee

Hypernyms ("java" is a kind of...):

beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)

Meronyms (substance of "java"):

coffee; coffee bean; coffee berry (a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee)

caffein; caffeine (a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "java"):

coffee substitute (a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it)

Irish coffee (sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream)

cafe au lait (equal parts of coffee and hot milk)

cafe noir; demitasse (small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream)

decaf; decaffeinated coffee (coffee with the caffeine removed)

drip coffee (coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee)

espresso (strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans)

cappuccino; cappuccino coffee; coffee cappuccino (equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream)

ice coffee; iced coffee (a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream)

instant coffee (dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water)

mocha; mocha coffee (a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia)

Turkish coffee (a drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually sweetened)

cafe royale; coffee royal (black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A platform-independent object-oriented programming language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Java" is a kind of...):

object-oriented programing language; object-oriented programming language ((computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure)

 Context examples 

An application program interface specification for connecting programs written in Java to the data in a database.

(JDBC Driver, NCI Thesaurus)

EJB technology enables rapid and simplified development of distributed, transactional, secure and portable applications based on Java technology.

(Enterprise Java Bean, NCI Thesaurus)

One said it was the dryopithecus of Java, the other said it was pithecanthropus.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An Australian-administered island in the eastern Indian Ocean south of Java, Indonesia.

(Christmas Island, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a Java API that enables Java programs to execute SQL statements and interact with any SQL-compliant database.

(JDBC Driver, NCI Thesaurus)

The server-side component architecture for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform.

(Enterprise Java Bean, NCI Thesaurus)

Next he touched upon the Indians, and upon the extraordinary colony of anthropoid apes, which might be looked upon as an advance upon the pithecanthropus of Java, and as coming therefore nearer than any known form to that hypothetical creation, the missing link.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)