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The language was initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office. Later the project went by the name Green and was finally renamed Java, from Java coffee, the coffee from Indonesia.
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The beverage coffee is nicknamed 'java': Have a cup of java!
That's not an acronym. "Java" is originally the name of an island. Several other things have been named "Java", after the island, or after a type of coffee, which is also named after the island.
Java coffee is made in Java, which is an island - part of INDONESIA
Because Java is an island where coffee is grown, as well as, American slang for coffee.
Java (an Indonesian island). However, the Java programming language was named after the Indonesian coffee bean (a favourite of one of its developers) rather than the island itself.
Java coffee is a coffee where the beans are grown and harvested in Java, the Indonesian island. However, in the U.S. many people use the term Java to describe a general coffee.
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Java is an island in Indonesia, but in slang it means coffee.
Mocha Java got it's name simply because it is a blend of Mocha, a Yemeni coffee, and Java (coffee from the Island of Java).
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Different meanings: the name of an island; a type of coffee (or coffee in general); a programming language.