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, ...

In the last year or two, interest in "alternative" languages on top of the Java Virtual Machine has grown exponentially, to the point where three languages were blessed with official acceptance in the ...

An earlier CPU chip specifications from Sun that contained RAM, I/O and the Java Virtual Machine. Based on Sun's picoJava architecture, Java chips were designed to speed up applications by natively ...

Charles Nutter‘s “JVM Bytecode for Dummies (and for the rest of you, as well)” was the last technical session for me early Monday evening. It was held in the Hilton San Francisco Yosemite Ballroom A/B ...

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 ...

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 ...