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java
has definitions from the fields of computer science,food,geography
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[ noun ] (geography) an island in Indonesia south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions
Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)For weeks he had been saying that Hudson 's idea of sailing through to Java was absurd . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The most infamous of all was launched by the explosion of the island of Krakatoa in 1883 ; it raced across the Pacific at 300 miles an hour , devastated the coasts of Java and Sumatra with waves 100 to 130 feet high , and pounded the shore as far_away as San_Francisco . |
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[ noun ] (food) a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
Synonyms Examples "he ordered a cup of coffee" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)His long nose wiggled at the smells of frizzling bacon and heating java , but the fire was low , and he wanted to waste no time . |
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[ noun ] (computer science) a simple platform-independent object-oriented programming language used for writing applets that are downloaded from the World Wide Web by a client and run on the client's machine
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