nonjava

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adjective

That is not Java or does not conform to the standards and expectations of Java.

OriginEnglish Java ← Javanese Jawa ← Old Javanese Jawa →
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Meanings

adjectivenonjava (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingThat is not Java or does not conform to the standards and expectations of Java.

    Serialization is appropriate when saving data for nonjava programs to use.

    2003, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Head First Java
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    Additional items found on the CD include calling nonjava libraries from Java, and using the security API and developing JavaBeans components.

    1998, Journal of Object-oriented Programming

    Since writeUTF uses a variant of UTF-8 that's subtly incompatible with most nonjava software...

    2000, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming

    Native code is also useful when accessing legacy data through nonjava gateways.

    2001, Jason Hunter, William Crawford, Java Servlet Programming

    As the work of EJBs and other business objects often involves using nonjava resources such as databases...

    2002, Rod Johnson, Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development

    ...and in corner cases they will not necessarily give the same results as implementations based on the JDK, let alone nonjava implementations.

    2004, Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Origin

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Old Javanesejawa
  3. Old JavaneseJawa
  4. JavaneseJawa
  5. EnglishJava
  6. Englishnonjava

From non- + Java.

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APA

nonjava. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonjava

MLA

“nonjava.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonjava. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonjava,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonjava.

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