provides runtime environment for java byte code to be executed 1 point code example

Example: jvm

JVM is an acronym for Java Virtual Machine; 
it is an abstract machine which provides the runtime environment 
in which Java bytecode can be executed. 
It is a specification which specifies the working of Java Virtual Machine. 
Its implementation has been provided by Oracle and other companies. 
Its implementation is known as JRE. 
JVMs are available for many hardware and software platforms 
(so JVM is platform dependent). It is a runtime instance which is 
created when we run the Java class. 
There are three notions of the JVM: specification, implementation, and instance.