JDK vs JRE VS JVM

 JDK- Java Development Kit

The acronym of JDK is Java Devlopment Kit.

It is a software which provide  devlopment platform for building Java applications.

It consists of JRE + Devlopment tools.

JDK is required to devlop application from scaratch

JRE- Java Runtime Environment

The acronym of JRE is Java Runtime Environment.

The Java Runtime Environment is a software layer that runs on top of a computer’s operating system  and provides Java package classes and Java runtime libraries,  a Java program needs to run.

It acts as a translator and facilitator for the java program.

It is one of the layer of JDK

It consists of JVM +Java package classes + Java runtime environments

JVM- Java Virtual Machine

The acronym of Jvm is java Virtual Machine

The JVM is a software that runs the Java program line by line.

It consist of three components

Class loader + Memory Area + Execution engine