1. The document discusses the history and features of the Java programming language. It was created in 1991 by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995.
2. Java is an object-oriented language that is compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java Virtual Machine, making it platform independent. It supports features like classes, inheritance, and exception handling.
3. The document compares Java applications, which are standalone programs, to Java applets, which are small programs embedded in web pages and executed by browsers.