JRE means Java Runtime Environment and is the runtime necessary to run a compiled java class. In fact JRE is the entire package with all the necessary files to run a java program, including the :
JVM ,Java Virtual Machine which is part of either the JRE and the SDK (standard development kit), and is used to run the java program. It is like an interpreter.
Hi Brett... what I understood from you is that if you download the JRE you get everything, including the SDK.
I don't know if you read my post "javac is killing me". I had downloaded the JRE and the javac file was not there, I had to download the JDK separately.
So, can you just download the JDK and not bother about the JRE or are they connected to each other?
cheers