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'''HotJava''' is a modular, extensible [[web browser]] from [[Sun Microsystems]] that can execute [[Java applet]]s. It was the first browser to support Java applets, and was Sun's demonstration platform for the then new technology. It has since been discontinued and is now no longer supported.
 
==Origins==
In 1994, a team of Java developers started writing WebRunner, which was a clone of the internet browser [[Mosaic browser|Mosaic]]. It was based on the [[Java (programming language)|Java]] programming language. The name WebRunner was a tribute to the [[Blade Runner|''Blade Runner'']] movie.
 
[[Image:WebRunner Flyer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Flyer advertising WebRunner.]]
 
[[Image:JavaHomepage in HotJava1.0.gif|right|thumb|300px|First Java homepage running inside HotJava Alpha2.]]
 
==Internet Revolution==