<s>
JavaPOS	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
for	O
Point	O
of	O
Sale	O
Devices	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
standard	O
for	O
interfacing	O
point	O
of	O
sale	O
(	O
POS	O
)	O
software	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
with	O
the	O
specialized	O
hardware	O
peripherals	O
typically	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
point-of-sale	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaPOS	B-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	O
POS	O
device	O
driver	O
standard	O
known	O
as	O
OPOS	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaPOS	B-Application
and	O
OPOS	B-Library
have	O
since	O
been	O
folded	O
into	O
a	O
common	O
UnifiedPOS	B-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaPOS	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
access	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
POS	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
standard	O
includes	O
definitions	O
for	O
"	O
Control	O
Objects	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Service	O
Objects	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Service	O
Objects	O
are	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
drivers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
library	O
is	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
standards	O
organization	O
with	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Control	O
Objects	O
of	O
the	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
hardware	O
vendor	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
providing	O
Service	O
Objects	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
drivers	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
hardware	O
they	O
sell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
vendor	O
,	O
drivers	O
may	O
be	O
available	O
that	O
can	O
communicate	O
over	O
USB	B-Protocol
,	O
RS-232	O
,	O
RS-485	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
an	O
Ethernet	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hardware	O
vendors	O
will	O
typically	O
create	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
drivers	O
that	O
will	O
work	O
with	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
nearly	O
as	O
much	O
marketshare	O
to	O
capture	O
for	O
Apple	O
computers	O
used	O
as	O
POS	O
systems	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
drivers	O
would	O
be	O
expected	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
committee	O
that	O
initiated	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
development	O
consisted	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
NCR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
meeting	O
occurred	O
in	O
April	O
,	O
1997	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
1.2	O
,	O
occurred	O
on	O
28	O
March	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
release	O
1.7	O
,	O
a	O
single	O
standards	O
document	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
a	O
UnifiedPOS	B-Application
committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
standards	O
document	O
is	O
then	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
common	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
libraries	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
