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5 Java Beginner Questions & Answers

What was the original name of Java? Oak Oak was the original name. JavaScript stole its name from Java. James Gosling created Java, and Lisp was just one of the inspirations. What is the name of the Java mascot? Duke Duke is the name. Jonathan and Whit no longer work for Sun/Oracle. What is not true about JavaBeans? They're fully compiled to native code. JavaBeans are intended to be passed around as Java objects and accessed by methods that can be discovered by tools. They aren't normally compiled to native code unless the JVM does it during execution.   JavaFX is: A language for building browser-based content   JavaFX works like Flash and is meant to offer nice, antialiasing in the browser, among other things. OpenJDK is  not : An open source tool for running Java in your browser or through Web Start The OpenJDK is a GPL-protected stack of code that includes a virtual machine and many Java APIs. It is not normally used to run Java in your b...

US warns on Java software as security concerns escalate

The U.S. Department  of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable Oracle Corp's Java software, amplifying security experts' prior warnings to hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses that use it to surf the Web. Hackers have figured out how to exploit Java to install malicious software enabling them to commit crimes ranging from identity theft to making an infected computer part of an ad-hoc network of computers that can be used to attack websites. "We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem," the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in a posting on its  website  late on Thursday. "This and previous Java vulnerabilities have been widely targeted by attackers, and new Java vulnerabilities are likely to be discovered," the agency  said . "To defend against this and future Java vulnerabilities, disable Java in Web browsers." CERT's instructions on how to do so ...