Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities. Java applications are typically compiled to byte code (class file) that can run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture. This programming language is a general-purpose concurrent class based object oriented programming language, specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere".