Shantha Dodmane wrote:The Java Performance Companion : How HotSpot Virtual Machine is different from Java Virtual Machine? Can I have brief explanation here on HotSpot Virtual Machine ?
The Java HotSpot VM (that is its official name, but is also known as the HotSpot JVM) is an implementation of the Java Virtual Machine specification. Also, the term Java Virtual Machine may be used as a more generalized term for an implementation of the Java Virtual Machine specification.