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We have learned that Java is an interpreted language. A Java compiler (javac in JDK) translates source code to Java bytecodes so that it may execute as long as a Java Virtual Machine (java in JDK) is implemented to run on the underlying hardware. As such, Java is described as platform independent. In fact, the Java Virtual Machine not only allows Java to be source-code compatible, but object-code compatible as well. Object-code derived from compilation on one machine will execute unmodified on another.
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Poo, D., Kiong, D., Ashok, S. (2008). Applets and Loaders. In: Object-Oriented Programming and Java. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-963-7_14
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