The combination of the Java Virtual Machine (Java interpreter), the core class library and supporting files, all of which are required to run a Java program. See Java and Java Virtual Machine. THIS ...

Software from Oracle that converts a program in Java bytecode (intermediate language) into machine language and executes it. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is the runtime engine of the Java Platform, ...

That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.

There are many specific examples of runtime environments used in conventional application programming. Here are just a few examples to consider. The venerable C language uses a runtime environment -- ...