The document provides an introduction to the Java programming language. It discusses that Java was created by Sun Microsystems to allow web pages to include interactive Java code. It is a simple, object-oriented, portable language that uses bytecode and a virtual machine to achieve platform independence. The document outlines Java's core features such as being distributed, multithreaded, robust, secure, and high performance. It also summarizes Java's basic data types, classes, objects, and how to write both applications and applets.