J2SE and J2EE
Ξ August 20th, 2009 | → 0 Comments |
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The other day, talking with a friend, the discussion turned to the actual meaning of J2SE and J2EE. Although both of us know Java quite well, none of us was able to specify the meaning of these acronyms. We were close, though.
The term J2SE (standing for Java2 platform, Standard Edition) is no longer in use, and (starting at Java 1.6) JSE should be used whenever referring to the “Java Standard Edition”.
The term J2EE (standing for Java2 platform, Enterprise Edition), has been replaced by the short version JEE with means “Java Enterprise Edition”. The JEE edition is more complete that the simplistic JSE, and contains Enterprise Java Beans components, Java Servlets API and JavaServer Page.
There is also a micro edition, called JME (Java Micro Edition), which is oriented to support handheld devices such as PDAs and smart phones.
The one term me and my colleague agreed upon was JDK, which stands for Java Development Kit. JDK is available for free download at Sun’s Java homepage.
The next time I get into “acronyms battle” I’ll take a look here.
