Java and its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are already eighteen years old, but they still have areas for improvement such as localization, application isolation and parallel operations.

Java itself is a general-purpose, object-oriented computer language that had been developed at Sun Microsystems from the early 1990s until Oracle Corporation acquired the firm in 2009. James Gosling?s invention was initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling?s office. However, it turned out that Oak as a trademark for a language already existed, and it was named Java.

Its story is interconnected with the Java translator, the virtual machine and related programming packages for developers. Although Java used to be open-standard, it was much criticised for its closed source until Sun Microsystems made Java available as open source software.

The innovation essentially means that the JVM, which runs Java applications on multiple platforms, can take on other functions, for instance, from C language. It is also thanks to this innovation that Android?s failsafe capacity is enhanced with the application isolation.