Java vs English - What's the difference?
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An island of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
(computing) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
(computing, proscribed) JavaScript, when no distinction is made between it and Java.
* 1996' October 6, "Timothy Litwiller" (username), ''HOW TO MAKE A '''JAVA ALERT POP UP ON LOAD'', in comp.lang.javascript, ''Usenet
* 1996 December 10, "Cédric Bouckaert" (username), onBlur event handler with input fields'', in comp.lang.javascript, ''Usenet
* 1997' January 7, "Kenneth Roddy" (username), '''''Java Alert Messages When Netscape Home Page Loads'', in comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows, ''Usenet
* 1997' February 18, "AG" (username), ''alert...is there a way of controling font size and style when '''java alert window opens'', in comp.lang.javascript, ''Usenet
* 2003' April 8, "mpaulopes" (username), ''Passing values to a '''Java popup windows'', in macromedia.coldfusion.cfml_general_discussion, ''Usenet
Of or pertaining to England or its people.
English-language; of or pertaining to the English language.
Of or pertaining to an Englishman or Englishwoman.
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Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
(Amish) Non-Amish.
(collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
(Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish.
(surname)
One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
The English-language term or expression for something.
Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise.
(countable) A regional type of spoken and or written English; a dialect.
(printing, dated) A kind of type, in size between pica and great primer.
(North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
(archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
*, page 214 (2001 reprint):
*:severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
As a proper noun java
is java (an island of indonesia in the malay archipelago).As a noun english is
(us) spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.java
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java' alert which says that field two should have a value and then a '''java''' alert which says that field one should have a value and then a ' java ... get the picture ?
- I created an alert window using java' script, but I found the fonts too small. Is there a way of controling font size and style when ' java alert window opens.
Usage notes
* While referring to JavaScript as Java is technically incorrect, this usage occurs often enough to merit verifying which is meant in cases where it's not clear.Derived terms
* Java cat (the musang) * Java sparrow * Javaneseenglish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
- English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
Usage notes
* The name of the language, English , when it means "the English language", does not assume an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!" * The people as a collective noun require the definite article "the" or a demonstrative adjective. Hence: "The English are coming!" or "Oh, those English, always drinking their tea..."Noun
(en-noun)- My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
- How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English ?
- The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
- Put more English on the ball.