Java平台得版本变化了几次，名称得叫法也发生了很大得变化。下面是我画得一个Java平台版本号的演变图，欢迎大家补充！
| Java Platform | ||||||||
| Java | Java 2 | |||||||
| Standard Edition (Java SE) | developer version | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| product version | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| Platform name | Java Platform 1.1 | Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 1.2(J2SE 1.2) | Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 1.3(J2SE 1.3) | Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 1.4(J2SE 1.4) | Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0(J2SE 5.0) | Java Platform Standard Edition 6(Java SE 6) | Java Platform Standard Edition 7(Java SE 7) | |
| Software Development Kit(SDK) | Java Development Kit 1.1(JDK 1.1) | Java 2 SDK Standard Edition/J2SE SDK 1.2(J2SDK 1.2) | Java 2 SDK Standard Edition/J2SE SDK 1.3(J2SDK 1.3) | Java 2 SDK Standard Edition/J2SE SDK 1.4 (J2SDK 1.4) | J2SE Development Kit 5.0(JDK 5.0) | Java SE Development Kit 6(JDK 6) | Java SE Development Kit 6(JDK 7) | |
| Java Runtime Environment(JRE) | Java Runtime Environment 1.1 (JRE 1.1) | J2SE Java Runtime Environment 1.2 (J2RE 1.2) | J2SE Java Runtime Environment 1.3 (J2RE 1.3) | J2SE Java Runtime Environment 1.4 (J2RE 1.4) | J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 (JRE 5.0) | Java Runtime Environment 6(JRE 6) | Java Runtime Environment 7(JRE 7) | |
| Enterprise Edition (Java EE) | Platform name | Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition 1.2 (J2EE 1.2) | Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition 1.3 (J2EE 1.3) | Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE 1.4) | Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) | Java Platform Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) | Java Platform Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7) | |
| Software Development Kit(SDK) | Java 2 SDK Enterprise Edition 1.2 (J2EE SDK 1.2) | Java 2 SDK Enterprise Edition 1.3 (J2EE SDK 1.3) | Java 2 SDK Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE SDK 1.4) | Java SDK Enterprise Edition 5(Java EE SDK 5) | Java SDK Enterprise Edition 6(Java EE SDK 6) | Java SDK Enterprise Edition 7(Java EE SDK 7) | ||
| Micro Edition (Java ME) | Platform name | Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME) | Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) | |||||