Vocabulary Terms

Introduction to Java

Bytecode

Machine instructions for a Java processor

Emulator

Software that pretends to be hardware and executes hardware-specific instructions

Java portability

Java programs can be written on one system and run on many other systems.

Java Virtual Machine

A bytecode emulator for Java programs, which operates on top of many hardware platforms

javac

Compiles source programs into bytecode

Source program

Text file containing a program