Software from Oracle that converts a program in Java bytecode (intermediate language) into machine language and executes it. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is the runtime engine of the Java Platform, ...

Forgive me for circling repeatedly around this point, but the possibility that the Java Virtual Machine might long outlive the Java language itself is becoming increasingly intriguing to me. More ...

Move over, Java. There’s more to the Java Virtual Machine than just the Java language these days — and the field of languages for JVM is growing. Conceived as a mechanism to provide Java application ...

Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is expected in 18 months to two years, an Oracle ...

Users of handheld devices and personal digital assistants (PDA) that run PalmSource Inc.’s Palm OS will have access to a variety of Java-based applications through PalmSource’s partnership with ...

As computer hardware gets cheaper and faster, administrators managing Java based servers are frequently encountering serious problems when managing their runtime environments. While our servers are ...

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This marks the first blockchain virtual machine available to Java developers. The Aion Virtual Machine (AVM) is not a modification or rewrite of the underlying JVM, but a supplementary software layer ...

Long before the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) was said to take the world by storm, the p-System (pseudo-system, or virtual machine) developed at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) provided a ...

(1) A synonym for a language interpreter. See interpreter, Java Virtual Machine and Python. (2) Software that enables a different operating system and applications to run in a computer along with the ...