diff between JVM and JRE

mustang india

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whats the diff between a JVM and A JRE. Which one sits over the other.
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Steve Deadsea

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A JRE (Java Runtime Environment) contains a JVM (Java Virtual Machine). It also contains libraries.

Cindy Glass

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A "java-enabled" browser also invokes a JVM to execute the java code in and points to a JRE to find the Sun provided classes for the application to use.

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Jim Yingst

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I think of the JRE as the files which are needed to run a JVM, which is an active process on your computer. You can install a JVM once on your machine, and then you can (if you want) run several simultaneous independent JVMs using those JRE files.
[ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]

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