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server
subject			fact

server	has definition An application that serves clients on a network
	is a kind of application
	supports clients on a network
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 example of running java HelloWorld
	has part 1 main method called its entry point
	is similar to an applet
	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
	may have command line arguments
	to run you type java and the class file name (without its extension) on the command line
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

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