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Java Development Kit (JDK)

A Java Development Kit (JDK) is a program development environment for writing Java applets and applications. It consists of a runtime environment that "sits on top" of the operating system layer as well as the tools and programming that developers need to compile, debug, and run applets and applications written in the Java language.

Related glossary terms: Project Tango, Java, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), Java Message Service (JMS), JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface), applet, Tomcat, JavaBeans, Java Runtime Environment (JRE), Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

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