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Java Suite Update?

Charlton_King
Charlton_King Posts: 2,071 Forumite
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Have just had a message flash up saying that Sun Microsystems recommend I 'download the latest version of Java Suite to take advantage of security and stability improvements'.

Anyone know what this gobbledygook actually means in English?

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  • Charlton_King
    Charlton_King Posts: 2,071 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Bump.

    Sorry but can anyone help on this one?
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    Security updates for Java. Just say yes/install or update here http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

    If you're getting a message it's because you have Java software already installed and just needs updating. You need it to run programs written in the java language. If you didn't need it presumably it wouldn't have gotten installed in the first place. You don't really need to know any more than that unless you planned on writing in Java yourself (it's a platform independant programming language that doesn't require compiling unlike most programming languages).
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    Just to add that many online banking sites use Java so its a good idea to have the latest version for security.
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