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Subject	run by	decode	consist of	is an instance of	is a subtopic of	compile	run you		be usually	has part	have example of running	contain	have example of use	execute by	have purpose	is a synonym of	run you may	follow	put	be part of	compile on	is a kind of	invoke	rename to	be similar to	choose	download from	be available from	use	run on	have	have part	has definition	be	manage	abbreviate as
jar				Java development tool	How Java Works										to assist a programmer in preparing, debugging and executing Java programs	Java Archive Tool															documentation at Sun		A tool included in the SDK that can pack files into Java Archive files as well as unpack them
Java Debugger				Java development tool	Java Tools										to assist a programmer in preparing, debugging and executing Java programs																tutorial		A command line debugger for Java classes			jdb
Java Development Kit					Java History and Related Languages					JRE					to assist a programmer in preparing, debugging and executing Java programs							Java development tool		Software Development Kit after JDK 1.1				Sun	hierarchical files systems to manage source files and class files			Java compiler	A comprehensive set of tools, utilities, documentation and sample code for developing programs		source files and class files for programs	JDK
Java interpreter		bytecode for the Java virtual machine			How Java Works		type java and the class file name (without its extension) on the command line	when the Java interpreter executes an application first it calls the main method	slower than native code		java HelloWorld			a Java Virtual Machine	to execute bytecode for the Java virtual machine	Java application launcher	need platform-specific instructions	consistent guidelines that make the program easy to read		runtime system	any platform that has a Java compiler	Java program	the main method of the class that you specify							a Java platform	documentation at Sun		A module that alternately decodes and executes every statement in some body of code	readable by humans
javac	using a Java interpreter to load the application's main class file - this is normally done from the command-line prompt using the java tool from the SDK		one or more classes	Java development tool	How Java Works	source code into bytecode	type javac and the source file name with its extension on the command line	the compiler will display an error message and the compiler will refuse to compile the program if you try to compile a subclass of a final class	slower than native code		java HelloWorld	one class that contains a main method which serves as the starting point for the rest of the program	javac Demonstrate.java	a Java Virtual Machine	to assist a programmer in preparing, debugging and executing Java programs		need platform-specific instructions	consistent guidelines that make the program easy to read	compiled code into a class file with the same name as the source file but with extension .class		any platform that has a Java compiler				an applet	a constructor based on the number of the actual arguments and the types of the actual arguments				a Java platform	documentation at Sun	1 main method called its entry point		readable by humans
Software Development Kit					Java Tools							command line programs including a compiler an interpreter the appletviewer a file archiver other programs			to assist a programmer in preparing, debugging and executing Java programs							Java development tool					Sun				version number			free

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