<s>
Gradle	B-Language
is	O
a	O
build	B-Application
automation	I-Application
tool	O
for	O
multi-language	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
languages	O
include	O
Java	B-Language
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Kotlin	B-Language
,	O
Groovy	B-Application
,	O
Scala	B-Application
)	O
,	O
C/C	O
++	O
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradle	B-Language
builds	O
on	O
the	O
concepts	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
and	O
Apache	B-Language
Maven	I-Language
,	O
and	O
introduces	O
a	O
Groovy	B-Application
-	O
and	O
Kotlin-based	O
domain-specific	B-Language
language	I-Language
contrasted	O
with	O
the	O
XML-based	O
project	O
configuration	O
used	O
by	O
Maven	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradle	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
directed	O
acyclic	O
graph	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
order	O
in	O
which	O
tasks	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
,	O
through	O
providing	O
dependency	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradle	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
for	O
multi-project	O
builds	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
grow	O
to	O
be	O
large	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
caching	O
of	O
build	O
components	O
,	O
potentially	O
across	O
a	O
shared	O
network	O
using	O
the	O
Gradle	B-Language
Build	O
Cache	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
produces	O
web-based	O
build	O
visualization	O
called	O
Gradle	B-Language
Build	O
Scans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradle	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
name	O
unique	O
and	O
less	O
"	O
diminutive	O
"	O
he	O
instead	O
chose	O
"	O
Gradle	B-Language
"	O
,	O
taking	O
the	O
"	O
G	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Groovy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradle	B-Language
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
download	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
bundled	O
in	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
