Glossary

Garbage collection.

Group id.

The JDK comes with a virtual machine implementation called the Java HotSpot VM.

On HP implementations this is the same as the HotSpot VM.

The Java Developer's Kit is the set of Java development tools consisting of the API classes, a Java compiler, and the Java virtual machine.

Java Management Extensions technology provides the tools for building distributed, Web-based, modular and dynamic solutions for managing and monitoring devices, applications, and service-driven networks.

The JNI is the native programming interface for Java that is part of the JDK. It enables Java code to operate with applications and libraries written in other languages, such as C, C++, and assembly.

The Java Runtime Environment provides the libraries, the Java Virtual Machine, and other components to run applets and applications written in the Java programming language.

The Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface provides both a way to inspect the state and to control the execution of applications running in the Java VM.

Java Remote Invocation lets Java applications communicate across a network.

The Java Software Developer's Kit is the set of Java development tools consisting of the API classes, a Java compiler, and the Java virtual machine.

A process where the effective uid or gid differs from the real uid or gid.

User id.