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• An idealized machine whose instruction set consists of bytecodes. A Java program is compiled to an equivalent bytecode form and executed on an interpreter which implements the JVM.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Java Virtual Machine (JVM). (n.d.). Object-Oriented Programming with Java. Retrieved November 29, 2022, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/java-virtual-machine-jvm.

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  Java Virtual Machine (JVM). www.cs.kent.ac.uk. Object-Oriented Programming with Java. David J. Barnes. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/java-virtual-machine-jvm (accessed: November 29, 2022).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Java Virtual Machine (JVM)." Object-Oriented Programming with Java. David J. Barnes. 29 November. 2022 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/java-virtual-machine-jvm.

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