The word technology is overloaded. Programmers use it for almost anything. If you look at Oracle's list of Java technologies (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/index.html), you will find the following list:
- Embedded, which includes all of the previously listed Java platforms except for Java EE, with some modifications, usually with a smaller footprint and other optimizations
- Java SE, which covers Java SE and Java SE Advanced, which includes Java SE and some monitoring and management tools for an enterprise level (larger than just a development computer) installation
- Java EE, as described previously
- Cloud, which includes cloud-based reliable, scalable, and elastic services
But in the Oracle glossary (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/glossary-135216.html), the following technologies are added to the list:
- JavaSpaces: A technology that provides distributed persistence
- Jini Technology: An Application Programming Interface (API) that enables the networking of devices and services automatically
Elsewhere, on the front page of the Oracle Java 10 documentation (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10), client technologies are listed as follows:
Meanwhile, in the Oracle Java tutorial (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/getStarted/intro/cando.html), Java Web Start and Java Plug-In are mentioned as deployment technologies for deploying your applications to end users.
However, the biggest list of Java technologies that Oracle provides is on the page dedicated to the Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html). In addition to Java SE, Java SE Advanced and Suite, Java Embedded, Java EE, Java FX, and Java Card, there are also listed Java TV, Java DB, and Developer Tools. If you go to the Java SE or Java EE pages, under the Technologies tab, you will find more than two dozens APIs, and various software components listed as technologies, too. So, one should not be surprised to find anywhere any kind of list of Java technologies.
It seems that anything related to Java has been called a technology at least once, somewhere. To avoid further confusion, from now on, in this book, we will try to avoid using word technology.