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By: Kathy Broneck
In: Encyclopedia of New Media
Edited by: Steve Jones
Subject:General Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
Keywords:animation; applets; interactivity; internet browsers; Java (programming); programming languages; web browsers

Java is an object-oriented, cross-platform programming language that is used to create stand-alone applications, mostly used by Web sites, that have the capacity to run animations and promote interactivity. Unlike other object-oriented languages, Java code can run across varying ...

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  Broneck, K. (2003). Java. In S. Jones (Ed.), Encyclopedia of new media (pp. 261-262). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n133
  
  Broneck, Kathy. "Java." In Encyclopedia of New Media, edited by Jones, Steve, 261-62. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n133.
  
  Broneck, K. 2003. Java. In: Steve Jones Editor, 2003. Encyclopedia of New Media, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 261-262 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n133> [Accessed 27 Jul 2021].
  
  Broneck, Kathy. "Java." Encyclopedia of New Media. Edited by Steve Jones. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003, pp. 261-62. SAGE Knowledge. 27 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n133.
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