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What is JRE?

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JRE stands for Java Runtime Environment. Let us say you have created a Java program, but you would like that program to run in your client machine. A JRE is an implementation of Java Virtual machine that provides minimal required features to load and run a Java program. Thus with a JRE, you can successfully load and run Java programs, but you need a JDK to be able to develop Java applications.


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