1. Introduction JAVA is a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java was originally called OAK, and was designed for handheld devices and set-top boxes. Some features of java: 1. Simple: Some of the features that make java a simple language are no direct use of pointers, strong memory management, automatic memory allocation and deallocation. 2. Portable: Java language is portable as programs written in java can be run on any system having interpreter for JVM. Also, java has standard size irrespective of operating system or processor. 3. Robust: Features that make java robust include powerful exception handling, type checking mechanism, strong memory allocation and automatic garbage collection mechanism. 4...