JDK, JRE & JVM
Java development kit The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a software development environment used for developing Java applications and applets. It includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), an interpreter/loader (java), a compiler (javac), an archiver (jar), a documentation generator (javadoc) and other tools needed in Java development. Java runtime environment JRE is an acronym for Java Runtime Environment.It is used to provide runtime environment.It is the implementation of JVM. It physically exists. It contains set of libraries + other files that JVM uses at runtime. Implementation of JVMs are also actively released by other companies besides Sun Micro Systems. Java virtual machine A Java virtual machine (VM) is software that implements the Java runtime system and executes Java applications. It can be a standalone application like the java command that comes with the JDK or built into a larger application like a web browser. Usually ...