What is JAVA???

Hi Friends
This is the first question which comes in the mind of new comers. One more questions which come to the mind is "Is java a technology or programming language?". So here is the answer.
java is technology.
"Java" generally refers to a combination of three things:
1. Java programming language (a high-level, object-oriented programming language)
2. Java Virtual Machine (a high-performance virtual machine that executes bytecodes on a specific computing platform, typically abbreviated JVM)
3. Java platform