Java is also making possible a controversial new class of cheap machines called network computers, or NCs, which Sun, IBM, Oracle, Apple, and others hope will proliferate in corporations and our homes.

• Java也使争论中的一类新的称之为网络计算机（即NC）的便宜计算机成为可能，SUN、IBM、Oracle、Apple和其它公司希望这种计算机将在公司和家庭中普及开来。