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Asked: 2026-05-30T13:51:09+00:00

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u3-download-1501626.html We know that java is a Platform Independent Language then why does this

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u3-download-1501626.html

We know that java is a Platform Independent Language then why does this site provide JDKs for all OSes like Linux, Windows, Solaris?

Then why do we tell java is Platform Independent?

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  1. Editorial Team

    it is like this:

          your application          
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          JAVA on OS1           
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           OS1
    ---------------------
         hardware
    ---------------------

    if you write your application on top of Java, then you can just move your java
    application, as is, without changing it, or even compile it, to new OS, because
    your program is written on one platform, which is Java, not the native OS.

    So, you need to download specific Java for your OS. But from application point of view, it is the same API. Java makes your application platform independent since it hides the OS from your application. But Java itself, it has to be compiled and build for each specific OS. But the application do not care about that. The application sees the same API. That is the whole point.

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