Here's a link to a definition:
What Is Java ?
Most users need it because it opens various applets on websites and allows the sites to perform as they were designed to run.
To see if you already have Java, (assuming you are using your Windows 2000 operating system), click on Start-Run, type cmd, then click on OK. When the command window opens, at the flashing cursor, type jview, then press the "Enter" key. If you have Microsoft's, original version of java, you will get a screen which says: "Microsoft Command Line Loader for Java Version 5.00.3810". (The 3810 version is the most recent but is still full of vulnerabilities.)
You may also have the Sun Microsystem's version of Java. Check by opening the Control Panel, then double click on the "Java Plug In" icon. If there isn't a "Java Plug In" icon, then you don't have Sun's version. If you do have Sun's version of Java, then the most recent version is listed as: 1.4.1_06.
Either way, the most up to date version of Java (1.4.1_06.) and the one you SHOULD download and install is the most recent version of Sun's Java from the link below. Click on the "Download J2SE JRE " download link in the "J2SE v 1.4.2_06 JRE includes the JVM technology" section, then accept the license, then choose the "full Windows Offline" version for download.:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
Hope this helps.
Grif
I keep noticing this java word.Do I need this,or is it something that I should not concern myself with.
Thanks,
Tom

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