"Java" is a programming language, used to write code which can be
downloaded to run within the browser.  The downloaded code is packaged in ZIP
files, and these are typically retained on the client computer in case
they're needed when the same site is visited in future.
  "Javascript" is an HTML extension that allows instructions to be embedded
in a .html file and carried out by the browser.  These instructions are not
downloaded as separate ZIP files, and their execution can be controlled by a
browser setting to allow, deny, or ask when a page includes a script.  It's a
different technology with a similar name.

David Gillett


On 23 Sep 2004 at 13:57, Connie Chisum wrote:

> They were probably put there from a download.  Some programs need java
> script. I would not unzip until a program requests Java and finds them
> itself.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark F. McClaine" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:01 AM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Zip files
>
>
> > I have found zip files for Microsoft Java in my
> > Windows folder. Does anyone know how they
> > are being used while on the internet. Is is okay
> > to use pkunzip on them to see what they contain.
> >
> > Mark

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