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runtime system
subject			fact

runtime system	when the runtime system encounters a class in a program then the runtime system creates a copy of all class variables for that class
	allocates each class variable once per class
	creates space for each of an object's instance variables when the object is created
	has definition The software environment in which programs compiled for the Java virtual machine can run
	has part an implementation of the Java Virtual Machine specification which may be a Java interpreter
	has part class libraries
	has purpose to dynamically link native methods
	has purpose to handle exceptions
	has purpose to load programs written in the Java programming language
	has purpose to manage memory
	imports automatically the default package the java.lang package the current package
	is a subtopic of How Java Works
	is an instance of environment