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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Friday, February 28, 2003 11:11:22 pm | by DavidHallett | Revert |
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Friday, February 14, 2003 1:25:23 am | by GlynWebster | Revert |
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[Acronym] for [Java] VirtualMachine.
-A "virtualised" run space for
Java programs
.
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-Someone like DanielLawson or PerryLorier should prob. define this better
.
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+DavidHallett says: Simply put, a [JVM] is a computer implemented in software that is used to interpret and execute byte code that exists within a pre-compiled [
Java] class file. Multiple versions and types of [JVM]s have been released by numerous vendors including [IBM] and [Sun]
.
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+Some people have implemented byte code compilers for non-[Java] languages, thus allowing execution of the resultant byte code inside a [JVM]
.
