It also provides a platform-independent runtime environment called the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), which allows Java code to run on any platform that supports the JVM.

Java, or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), is owned and maintained by Oracle. According to the Java website: Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment.

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