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Explain about JDK (JAVA development kit).

Q) Explain about JDK (JAVA development kit).
·All the programs which are required for developing a java application, compiling a java program, debugging and executing a java application and the library packages and class would present in JDK.
·Thus JDK is a package or folder which contains
1.  Programs required for developing java application
2.  Java compilers
3.  Java debuggers
4.  JVM
5.  Library classes and Library packages
·JVM would be a part of JDK. We can download JDK or we can download only JVM.
·If the compiled code of a program could be executed irrespective of the operating system under which it has been compiled, then we call that program and it’s programming language as platform independent.
·Java developers require JDK for developing java applications. But where as a client requires only Jvm.

·The size of the JDK would be more than the size of the JVM.