Java Class File
In the Java programming language, source files (.java files) are compiled into (virtual) machine-readable class files which have a .class extension. Since Java is a platform-independent language, source code is compiled into an output file known as bytecode, which it stores in a .class file. If a source file has more than one class, each class is compiled into a separate .class file. These .class files can be loaded by any Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
JVMs are available for many platforms, and the .class file compiled in one platform will execute in a JVM of another platform. This makes Java platform-independent.
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