The world of Sun Java has became inherent in many of today's information services and technologies, the basic idea behind the success of java and its wide use today is that java code is only written once and can be executed on any platform, i.e. the same java code is understood by a Windows based PC, Linux, and Mac, also now it will work with minor modifications on mobiles that support java.

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Java usage in games is a recent habit among java developers, because the original java was not designed with games in mind; however the java games today can contain all the features of other types of games. And today you can find online java games that can be played by multiple players. Some online java games are played for money and are based on gambling and others based on skills.

Some of the sites providing java games are:

Online Java games are not the most attractive use of java today. Today's mobile integration with java and the heavy use of java programs to provide services like GPS (Global Positioning System) integrated with Google Maps or Yahoo Maps, which has added a lot to the reputation of java.

Many of the new websites also use java for chat services, java chat can be very efficient due to the powerful client side that is done by using applets.