Where did the name Java come from? Is it an acronym?
Those of us who were paying attention back when Java was first released to the public know the answer to this question, though now the folks at Sun love to shroud the issue in mystery. As the language was being developed, it was called Oak. When the time came to release it to the public, a registered name search revealed that the name Oak was already claimed. One day, as some of the key players were sitting around in a coffee shop debating the new name, someone suggested Java, and it stuck. Boring, but true. The word Java is not an acronym (the letters do not stand for anything). If it were, it would be written in all uppercase letters.
