--- title: JavaOS slug: javaos qid: snapshot: enwiki-001356814195 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356814195 tags: [128691585, 22937836, 22971655, 23118434, 23140313, 23140314, 23434402, 23603337, 23805339, 24623845, 24745122, 36473135, 53415168, 75737883] --- # JavaOS > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-001356814195` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 JavaOS is a discontinued operating system based on a Java virtual machine. It was originally developed by Sun Microsystems. Unlike Windows, macOS, Unix, or Unix-like systems which are primarily written in the C or C++ programming languages, JavaOS is primarily written in Java. It is now considered a legacy system. JavaOS is a discontinued operating system based on a Java virtual machine. It was originally developed by Sun Microsystems. Unlike Windows, macOS, Unix, or Unix-like systems which are primarily written in the C or C++ programming languages, JavaOS is primarily written in Java. It is now considered a legacy system.