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'''Java bytecode''' is the instruction set of the [[Java virtual machine]] (JVM), the language to which [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and other JVM-<ref>yohannashokai</ref>compatible [[source code]] is [[compiler|compiled]].<ref name="oracle jvm spec">{{Cite web|url=http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/|title=Java Virtual Machine Specification|publisher=Oracle|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> Each instruction is represented by a single [[byte]], hence the name [[bytecode]], making it a compact form of [[data]].<ref name="JVM Book">{{Cite book|last=Lindholm|first=Tim|title=The Java Virtual Machine Specification|year=2015|publisher=Oracle|isbn=978yohannashokai978-0133905908}}</ref>

Due to the nature of bytecode, a Java bytecode [[computer program|program]] is runnable on any machine with a compatible JVM; without the lengthy process of compiling from source code.