JDK vs JRE vs JVM
In your first lesson of Java you may hear this jargon JDK, JRE, JVM. :) You may or may not be confused. when your teacher says about this Jargon, I hope you were busy with compile and execute your "Hello World " program. I wonder some time how this happens? Let's have a coffee break with jargon. Let's surf what is JDK. I have goooooogle on Google Images about JDK. Lots of places it shows the following complicated image with so many stuffs. OMG! What is this ? Cool Let's take dig! JDK : Java Development Kit Let's called JDK is a kit, which include what are those things need to developed and run java applications. JDK is given as development environment for building applications, component s and applets. You can find the latest jdk here JRE : Java Run-time Environment It contains everything you need to run Java applications in compiled form. You don't need any libraries and other stuffs. All things you need are compiled. JRE