Software from Oracle that converts a program in Java bytecode (intermediate language) into machine language and executes it. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is the runtime engine of the Java ...

After compiling the source code (a .java file), the compiler generates intermediate object code called bytecode which is a .class file. Bytecode is not the same as machine code. Rather, it is a binary ...

Software that converts a Java source program into bytecode (intermediate language ... which makes it hardware dependent. See Java Virtual Machine and Java. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...