Java is a programming language created for the Internet. You can use Java to create scripts, animated text and other interesting objects. The Sun Microsystems developed this high-level object-oriented programming language. Though it is associated with the World Wide Web but it is older than the origin of web. JVM is the main component of Java architecture and it is the part of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). It provides the cross platform functionality to java. This is a SOFTWARE process that converts the compiled Java byte code to machine code.

ONE OF JAVA'S STRENGTHS IS THAT IT IS PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT. JAVA PROGRAMS CAN RUN ON VARIOUS OPERATING SYSTEMS, AS LONG AS THE COMPUTER RUNNING THE PRO-GRAM HAS A JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTALLED TO INTERPRET THE STANDARD JAVA BYTE CODE INTO CODE THAT WILL RUN ON THAT SYSTEM. AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING JAVA, THEN YOU SHOULD GO FOR THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. Purchase a comprehensive book about Java. A good Java book will include an outline of Java history, an explanation of how it works, examples and worksheets; some even come with interactive CD-ROMs.