JVM

[varavoorvishnu]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me what JVM exactly is?
I knw its an interpreter.I wld like to knw more details on JVM and how many JVM does a single hardware can have?.
Where does it reside in the computer?


thanx and regards,
vishnu

 

[sedj]

The JVM turns your compiled byte code into native OS machine code, and then executes this. You can have as many JVM instances as you like (or your machine can handle - usually dictated to by RAM). The JVM binaries can reside anywhere on your computer that you choose, and when one is instantiated, it resides in memory.