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'''Java bytecode''' is the form of instructions that the [[Java virtual machine]] executes. Each bytecode instruction is one byte in length (hence the name), thus the number of bytecodes is limited to no more than 256. Not all 256 possible bytecode values are used, in fact [[Sun Microsystems]], the original creators of the [[Java programming language]], the [[Java virtual machine]] and other components of the Java Runtime EnvirnomentEnvironment, have permenentlypermanently set aside a number of values to be permenentlypermanently unimplemented. The bytecodes are given below.

==The Java bytecodes==