Java Runtime Environment

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Java Runtime Environment
Author James Gosling et al
Developer Sun Microsystems
Latest release Java 6 Update 3 / October 10, 2007
Genre Software platform
License GNU General Public License /
Java Community Process

The Java Runtime Environment, or JRE, or J2RE is software created by Sun Microsystems that allows a computer system to run a Java application.

A JRE is required to run Java applications interpretively on a target hardware and operating system platform, since Java applications are not in machine code. Many applications for which a degree of portability is important are written in Java, and some Web pages use Java as well. (Java should not be confused with Javascript, which is much more widespread on the Web and is interpreted directly by Web browsers, without the need for a runtime environment.)

As of 2007 computer users can download the current JRE version (Sun lists JRE 6.0, JRE 1.5 and JRE 1.4) by testing their Java Virtual Machine (JVM) at the Java.com test page.

The software bundle consists of the JVM and API (Application Programming Interface). The API provides a set of standard class libraries. The virtual machine and API have to be consistent with each other and are therefore bundled together as the JRE. This can be considered a virtual computer in which the virtual machine is the processor and the API is the user interface.


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Sun technologies Java programming language · J2ME · J2SE · J2EE · Java Development Kit · OpenJDK · Java Virtual Machine · Java Runtime Environment · JavaFX
Major third-party technologies GNU Classpath · GNU Compiler for Java · Kaffe · Apache Harmony · Apache Struts · Spring framework · Hibernate · JBoss application server
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