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| HotSpot | has definition An add-on performance module for the JavaTM 2 SDK |  |
has documentation at Sun  | | |
has features
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| is available from Sun | | |
| is a subtopic of How Java Works | | |
| is an instance of Java Virtual Machine | | |
| runs Java programs more quickly | | |
| Java Virtual Machine | allows an application to have multiple threads of execution running concurrently | |
| can be implemented in hardware or software | | |
| chooses a constructor based on the number of the actual arguments and the types of the actual arguments | | |
| has purpose to interpret bytecode and make the appropriate system-level calls to the native platform | | |
| insulates a program from hardware dependencies | | |
| is machine-specific | | |
| is part of runtime system | | |
is abbreviated as Java VM  | | |
| performs just-in-time compilation | | |
| performs run-time error checking | | |
| virtual machine | usually uses just-in-time compilation | |