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Java runs on a virtual machine, not directly

Compilers turn Java into bytecode that any machine with a Java virtual machine can execute unchanged Sun Microsystems released Java in 1995, aiming first at set top boxes and then at web applets, with bytecode as a portable middle form. A virtual machine interprets that bytecode or compiles it on the fly for the host processor. The portability cost some speed, but the model later carried over to Android and to large server systems. It sits in Mondo's technology collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Compilers turn Java into bytecode that any machine with a Java virtual machine can execute unchanged. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a technology fact?: Yes. It sits on the Technology shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.