Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Package (computing) Most generally a package is a box, or such, containing something (perhaps, a present). In computing, package is a programming term. In the Perl or Java programming languages, and in the Unified Modeling Language, a package can contain objects. It is equivalent to a container in Visual Basic. Thus this type of package is more like the plastic bag which contains the groceries, than the package delivered by the postman. In computing, a package is a type of file format to package software installation material. See software package for more. Java Package Count Package and class counts in Java JDK Version Package Count Class Count 1.0   1996 8   212   1.1   1997 25   504   1.2   1998 59   1520   1.3   2000 same   same   1.4   2002 135   2991   This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.