regarding explanation of statement System.out.println();

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i want to know what each term in System.out.println() means?

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possible duplicate of [Java beginner question: System.out.println](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/999661/java-beginner-question-system-out-println) – durron597 Dec 18 '12 at 12:31

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System is a class name, you access the class (not an instance of it) with System.*
out is a class variable in that class of type PrintStream
println() is a method in PrintStream

answered Dec 18 '12 at 05:53

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is " out " a static variable? – Surya Dec 18 '12 at 10:58
@Surya: Yes, a *class variable* is a static variable. – amit Dec 18 '12 at 13:17