The document discusses the history and development of the Java programming language. A small group of Sun engineers called the Green Team created Java in the early 1990s to power digital consumer devices and network computing. Java was designed to be portable, simple, safe, and have a graphical user interface. It became popular when incorporated into the Netscape Navigator browser in 1995. Java is now ubiquitous, powering applications, devices, and websites through its performance, portability across operating systems, and extensive libraries.