jakarta ee - what is a significance of "Java 2" in J2EE?

Question

Why J2EE why not J7EE or J8EE . We got latest version as Java 8. But, why still, it is being Java Platform 2 ? What is a significance of "2" here ? Or It looks good, that's why they never changed its name or some other reason ?

Answer 1

Java enterprise edition was introduced around the time of Java 2 (which was rebranded from Java 1.2). As part of the branding they included the numeral (originally). Now it is officially Java EE (withtout the numeral 2).