Wikipedia: A Java virtual machine is a program which executes certain other programs, namely those containing Java bytecode instructions….. JVM's are most often implemented to run on an existing ...

The Java virtual machine (JVM) can perform some impressive optimizations to make deployed applications run faster. But having said that, the Java community remains well aware of the fact that the ...

All Java programs are compiled into class files that contain bytecodes, the machine language of the Java virtual machine. In this JavaWorld classic, Bill Venners goes under the hood of the JVM to ...

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Chronon Systems, which offers technology for recording and playing back Java programs, contends that the bytecode verifier featured in Java 7 is a huge step backward for the Java virtual machine. “The ...

Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails. But in a ...