java or java 2

guys im sorry if this question is totally dumb but what is the difference between java and java 2?

is it the same thing except java 2 is the most recently updated or what?

Since version 1.2, Java has been called Java2. Nobody except Sun actually uses this name, though.

so what your saying java or java 2 is all the same.

thanks cornedBee you always help!

p.s. nice avatar ;)

API versions prior to java 1.2 are pretty much the same with some changes. Java 1.0 had no Reader/Writer classes. Java 1.1 added some new classes to the library for performing I/O tasks such as encryption, object serialization, compression ect.....

ok guys thanks