Friday, May 22, 2009

Difference between JVM and JRE

A JVM is just the "bare machine" -- the thing that executes .class files.

A JRE includes libraries and APIs (i.e., all the java.* and javax.* Java classes, plus things like the native libaries needed for the AWT to function.) So a JRE is a JVM plus more stuff.

http://www.coderanch.com/t/416610/Java-General-beginner/java/Difference-between-JVM-JRE

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