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title: "What gives Java its 'write once and run anywhere' nature?"  
description: "What gives Java its 'write once and run anywhere' nature?"  
author: "Devesh Kumar Singh"  
published: 2015-11-10  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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category: "java"  
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# What gives Java its 'write once and run anywhere' nature?

The bytecode. Java is compiled to be a byte code which is the intermediate language between source code and machine code. This byte code is not platform specific and hence can be fed to any platform.

## Answers

### Answer by Devesh Kumar Singh

The bytecode. Java is compiled to be a byte code which is the intermediate language between source code and machine code. This byte code is not platform specific and hence can be fed to any platform.


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