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Bytecode and the Virtual Machine

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A compiler's back end can generate machine-independent code — bytecode, instructions for a virtual machine — so one compiled program runs wherever that virtual machine has been built.

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Java's compiler emits bytecode, and the program travels wherever a JVM already lives.

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The portability moved from the program to the machine's availability.