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, ...

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 ...

Thanks to the 2001 Sun/Microsoft settlement regarding their legal dispute over the use of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the Microsoft environment, many corporations may be facing a problem of Y2K ...

Released in 1995, the philosophy behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." In other words, a program written in Java can theoretically run on any machine that supports it. While the implementation ...

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 ...

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In an early sign of teamwork between the software giant and Sun, Microsoft will extend support for its JVM to 2007. But distribution has been halted, along with all enhancements and bug fixes. Martin ...

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 ...

Google’s Android software ‘stack’ for mobile devices appears to be underpinned by a more substantially game-changing technology than at first thought in the form of the Google Dalvik virtual machine.