The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition J2EE(J2EE) Sun's Java platform for multi-tier server-oriented enterprise applications. The basis of J2EE is Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB). See also the Standard edition J2SE and the Micro edition J2ME. (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/). (2000-04-20)