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application (Java application)
subject			fact

application	consists of one or more classes
	contains one class that contains a main method which serves as the starting point for the rest of the program
	has definition A Java program that does not run in a Web browser
	has example of running java HelloWorld
	has part 1 main method called its entry point
	is similar to an applet
	is a subtopic of How Java Works
	is run by using a Java interpreter to load the application's main class file - this is normally done from the command-line prompt using the java tool from the SDK
	is a kind of Java program
	may have command line arguments
	to run you type java and the class file name (without its extension) on the command line
	is a synonym of Java application
Java program	can be compiled on any platform that has a Java compiler
	can be run on any implementation of the Java Virtual Machine specification
	is portable because it is compiled into bytecode that can run on any computer with a Java Virtual Machine
	is usually slower than native code
	is executed by a Java Virtual Machine
	must be readable by humans
	runs on a Java platform
	should follow consistent guidelines that make the program easy to read
	to run you may need platform-specific instructions

Kinds of application :

• compiler (2 kinds, 26 facts) (Java compiler) - A program to translate Java source code into code to be executed by a computer
• HTML Converter (5 facts) - An application that converts and existing web page so that all its applets are run by the Java Plug-in
• server (3 facts) - An application that serves clients on a network

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