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What is a JAVA file?
The Java platform is based on the power of networks and the idea that the same software should run on many different kinds of computers, consumer gadgets, and other devices. The Java platform allows you to run the same Java application on lots of different kinds of computers. Any Java application can easily be delivered over the Internet, or any network, without operating system or hardware platform compatibility issues. Furthermore, the Java platform was designed to run programs securely on networks, which means that it integrates safely with the existing systems on your network.
The idea is simple: Java technology-based software can work just about everywhere. Java technology components don't care what kind of computer, phone, TV, or operating system they run on. They just work, on any kind of compatible device that supports the Java platform. Java technology allows programmers and users to do new things with Web pages that were not possible before. With Java technology, the Internet and private networks become your computing environment. Java technology-based software includes: programs written in the Java programming language can run directly on your computer (without requiring a browser), or on servers, on large mainframe computers, or other devices.
Programs written in the Java programming language run on so many different kinds of systems thanks to a component of the platform called the Java virtual machine or "JVMTM"* -- a kind of translator that turns general Java platform instructions into tailored commands that make the devices do their work. |
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