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s | java |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun java is

java (an island of indonesia in the malay archipelago).

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    java

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • 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
    • 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 ?
  • * 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
    • 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.
  • * 2003' April 8, "mpaulopes" (username), ''Passing values to a '''Java popup windows'', in macromedia.coldfusion.cfml_general_discussion, ''Usenet

    • 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 * Javanese

    Related terms

    * JavaScript

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
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