12 Difference Between Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) And Swing In Java
AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit) Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) is a set of application program interfaces (APIs) used by Java programmers to create graphical user interface (GUI) objects such as buttons, scroll bars and windows. Java AWT components are platform-dependent i.e components are displayed according to the view of the operating system.
AWT is part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) from Sun Microsystems, the company that founded Java. The JFC are a comprehensive set of GUI class libraries that make it easier to develop the user interface part of an application program.