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Java virtual machine
A Java virtual machine (JVM) executes Java bytecode in the class file format, giving the Java platform hardware and operating system independence and protection from malicious programs.
Java War
The Java War (Perang Jawa), also called the Diponegoro War, was an 1825 to 1830 uprising by Prince Diponegoro against Dutch colonial rule in Java.
Java–Australia submarine telegraph cable
The Java–Australia submarine telegraph cable was a deep-sea telegraph line laid in 1871 from Banjoewangie to Port Darwin, giving Australia its first direct connection to the international telegraph network.
JavaBeans
JavaBeans is a component architecture for the Java programming language, introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1996, that defines conventions for writing reusable software components called beans.
Javad Foroughi
Javad Foroughi (جواد فروغی), Iranian sport shooter born 1979 in Dehloran; won men's 10m air pistol gold at Tokyo 2020 with Olympic record 244.8, Iran's first Olympic shooting medal.
Javad Khan
Javad Khan (Cavad xan), 1748–1804, was the last khan of Ganja, ruling from 1786 until he died in battle defending the city against the Russian army.
Javad Lavaei
Javad Lavaei is an Iranian-American control theorist and optimization researcher who is an associate professor at UC Berkeley and a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award.
Javad Mojabi
Javad Mojabi (جواد مجابی) was an Iranian poet, novelist, satirist, painter, and art critic active for more than six decades until his death in 2026.
Javadoc
Javadoc is the documentation generator included in the Java Development Kit that reads Java source files and produces HTML API documentation from specially formatted code comments.
JavaFX
JavaFX, also known as OpenJFX, is a Java UI toolkit for building advanced cross-platform desktop applications, using CSS styling and FXML; it was unveiled at JavaOne 2007 and decoupled from the JDK with JDK 11.
Javagal Srinath (ಜಾವಗಲ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್)
Javagal Srinath (ಜಾವಗಲ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್), born 1969 in Mysore, is a former India fast bowler, 236 Test and 315 ODI wickets, four World Cups, now an ICC match referee since 2006.
JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee (JaVale Lindy McGee), born 1988 in Flint, Michigan, is a 7-foot American NBA center, 2008 first-round pick, three-time champion (Warriors 2017-18, Lakers 2020), and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, son of WNBA pioneer Pamela McGee.
Javan rhinoceros
Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), badak Jawa, critically endangered single-horned rhino surviving only in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java; fewer than 50 remain after 2019-2023 poaching; first translocation, Musofa, died in 2025.
Javan tiger
Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica), an extinct tiger subspecies endemic to Java, Indonesia; last recorded 1976 at Meru Betiri, IUCN-listed Extinct; closest living relative the Sumatran tiger; 2019 hair-sample survival claim rebuffed as Numt contamination.
Javanese calendar
The Javanese calendar is a lunar calendar used by the Javanese people of Indonesia, created by Sultan Agung of Mataram in 1633 by combining the Saka and Hijri calendars.
Javanese cat
Javanese cat, also called Oriental Longhair in some registries: a Siamese-type colorpoint longhair created about 1978 from Balinese and Colorpoint Shorthair crosses; CFA Championship 1986, Balinese division since 2008.
Javanese language
Javanese (Basa Jawa, ꦧꦱꦗꦮ) is an Austronesian language of central and eastern Java with about 80 million speakers, elaborate speech levels, the Carakan script, and regional-language status in Central Java, Yogyakarta, and East Java.
Javanese migration to Bali
Javanese migration to Bali is the historical movement of people, nobles, and cultural institutions from Java to Bali, most prominently during the Majapahit era in the 14th century.
Javanese people
Javanese (Orang Jawa), Indonesia's largest ethnic group, about 85 million people on Java; Austronesian language with ngoko, madya, krama speech levels; syncretic kejawen Islam; large diasporas in Suriname, the Netherlands, and Malaysia.
Javanese raid on Champa (787)
The Javanese raid on Champa (Serangan Jawa ke Champa) was a 787 attack in which forces from Java burned a Cham temple before being defeated by Indravarman.
Javanese script
Javanese script (aksara Jawa, Hanacaraka, Carakan), a Brahmic abugida descended from Kawi, writes Javanese, Sanskrit, Sundanese, and Sasak; used until about 1945, now Unicode U+A980–U+A9DF and taught in Java's schools.
Javanshir
Javanshir was a prince of the Mihranid house who ruled Caucasian Albania, on the western Caspian coast, from about 638 until his murder by his own nobles in 681.
Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Crittenton, former NBA point guard (Lakers, Grizzlies, Wizards, 2007 first-round pick), suspended in the 2009 Arenas gun incident, imprisoned for the 2011 killing of Julian Jones, released April 2023.
Javary
Javary (Rio Javari, Río Yavarí), Amazon right tributary rising in Peruvian Andean foothills; forms the Brazil–Peru border for nearly its whole length, about 1,056 km, basin 91,000 km², home to the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory with the largest confirmed concentration of uncontacted peoples.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a dynamically typed scripting language, standardized as ECMAScript, created by Brendan Eich at Netscape in 1995 and best known as the language of the web.
JavaScript XML
JavaScript XML, or JSX, is an XML-like syntax extension to JavaScript best known as the markup language of the React user-interface library, transpiled before it runs.
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (جاوید احمد غامدی)
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (جاوید احمد غامدی), also known as Javed Ghamidi, is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar and Quran exegete who founded the research institute Al-Mawrid and wrote the five-volume commentary Al-Bayan.
Javed Ahmed Rana
Javed Ahmed Rana is an Indian politician of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, a cabinet minister in Jammu and Kashmir holding the Jal Shakti, Forest, and Tribal Affairs portfolios.
Javed Akhtar (جاوید اختر)
Javed Akhtar (جاوید اختر), born 1945, Indian screenwriter, Urdu poet, and lyricist; half of Salim-Javed (Zanjeer, Sholay, Deewar); five National Film Awards, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award for Lava.
Javed Ali (جاوید علی)
Javed Ali (جاوید علی), born Javed Hussain, 1982, Delhi, is an Indian playback singer of qawwali and Sufi roots, known for Jashn-e-Bahara, Kun Faya Kun, Arziyan, and Srivalli, and a Filmfare-winning collaborator of A.R. Rahman.