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, ...

Forgive me for circling repeatedly around this point, but the possibility that the Java Virtual Machine might long outlive the Java language itself is becoming increasingly intriguing to me. More ...

Wikipedia: A Java virtual machine is a program which executes certain other programs, namely those containing Java bytecode instructions….. JVM's are most often implemented to run on an existing ...