Java is web and internet-oriented. Java applications and applets can be scattered across different sites on the net. It accesses items across the web as easily as local file items.
Java accepts the client-server model nicely, and has built in support for web protocols like HTTP or FTP.
Consider the following links:
b) or back to Java is Object Oriented
n) or next to Java is Interpreted
x) or out to Sun's Definition of Java