ALSO CALLED: Java 2 Platform and Java 2 Enterprise Edition DEFINITION: J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) is a Java platform designed for the mainframe-scale computing typical of large enterprises. Sun Microsystems (together with industry partners such as IBM) designed J2EE to simplify application development in a thin
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J2EE DEFINITION (continued): client tiered environment. J2EE simplifies application development and decreases the need for programming and programmer training by creating standardized, reusable modular components and by enabling the tier to handle many aspects of programming automatically.
J2EE includes many components of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE):
The Java Development Kit (JDK) is included as the core language package.
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