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title: "What is Byte Code?"  
description: "What is Byte Code?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-02-10  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1918/what-is-byte-code  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Byte Code?

All Java programs are compiled into class files that contain bytecodes. These byte codes can be run in any platform and hence java is said to be platform independent.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

All Java programs are compiled into class files that contain bytecodes. These byte codes can be run in any platform and hence java is said to be platform independent.


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