Editing Java Platform, Standard Edition (section)

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'''Java Platform, Standard Edition''' ('''Java SE''') is a [[computing platform]] for development and deployment of [[porting|portable code]] for [[desktop computer|desktop]] and [[server (computing)|server]] environments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index.html|title=Java SE Overview|access-date=February 26, 2017|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]]}}</ref> Java SE was formerly known as '''Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition''' ('''J2SE''').

The platform uses the [[Java (programming language)|Java]] programming language and is part of the [[Java (software platform)|Java software-platform]] family. Java SE defines a range of general-purpose [[API]]s—such as [[List of Java APIs|Java APIs]] for the [[Java Class Library]]—and also includes the [[Java Language Specification]] and the [[Java Virtual Machine Specification]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=270|title= Java SE 6 Release Contents|access-date= January 1, 2013|publisher= [[Oracle Corporation]] and/or its affiliates}}</ref> [[OpenJDK]] is the official [[reference implementation]] since version 7.<ref>[https://blogs.oracle.com/java/moving-to-openjdk-as-the-official-java-se-7-reference-implementation Moving to OpenJDK as the official Java SE 7 Reference Implementation]</ref><ref>[http://jdk.java.net/java-se-ri/7 Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 Reference Implementations]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 Reference Implementations |url=http://jdk.java.net/java-se-ri/8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121054204/https://jdk8.java.net/java-se-8-ri/ |archive-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref>

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