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Sun / Oracle releases of Java SE come in two forms: JRE and JDK. In simple terms, JREs support running Java applications, and JDKs also support Java development. Java Runtime Environment Java Runtime Environment or JRE distributions consist of the set of libraries and tools needed to run and mana...

Orthogonal to the JRE versus JDK dichotomy, there are two types of Java release that are widely available: The Oracle Hotspot releases are the ones that you download from the Oracle download sites. The OpenJDK releases are the ones that are built (typically by third-party providers) from the Ope...

Java technology is both a programming language and a platform. The Java programming language is a high-level object-oriented language that has a particular syntax and style. A Java platform is a particular environment in which Java programming language applications run. There are several Java platf...

Java SE Version History The following table provides the timeline for the significant major versions of the Java SE platform. Java SE Version1Code NameEnd-of-life (free2)Release DateJava SE 9 (Early Access)Nonefuture2017-07-27 (estimated)Java SE 8Nonefuture2014-03-18Java SE 7Dolphin2015-04-142011-...