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What is difference between JVM, JDK and JRE

Updated on 20-Sep-2020

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16-Mar-2015

JVM

JVM is an acronym for Java Virtual Machine, it is an abstract machine which provides the runtime environment in which java bytecode can be executed.

JVMs are available for many hardware and software platforms (so JVM is plateform dependent).

JRE

JRE stands for Java Runtime Environment. It is the implementation of JVM and physically exists.

JDK

JDK is an acronym for Java Development Kit. It physically exists. It contains JRE + development tools.