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Java
A platform-independent programming language invented by Sun Microsystems, that Web developers use to create applets. Java-enabled Web pages can include animations, calculators, scrolling text, sound effects and even games. Although many Web designers like Java because of its possibilities, they have to take into consideration that many people are surfing the Web with a Java disabled browser, simply because they don't want to wait until some applet is entirely loaded into their browser.

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JavaScript
First of all: JavaScript has nothing to do with Java... JavaScript is a scripting language designed by Netscape. JavaScripts are embedded into HTML documents. It's more complicated than HTML tags, but if you look at the source code of a JavaScript enabled Web page, you can easily understand the syntax.

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JDK - Java Development Kit
Sun Microsystems offers Web designers this software development package, so they have all the tools to write, test and debug Java applets.

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JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
Image compression standard, optimized for full-color (millions of colors) digital images. You can choose the amount of compression, but the higher the compression rate, the less quality the image has. Almost every full-color photograph on the Web is a JPG file, while GIFs are used to display clip-art images (up to 256 colors).

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