For instance, the runtime for the JavaScript language (which despite its name has nothing to do with Java) is built into Web browsers so scripts downloaded from Web sites can execute properly, and if you disable JavaScript in your browser's preferences then you disable the runtime and these scripts will not run. Many programming languages require the use of a runtime, without which they would not work.
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The essence of Java is its runtime, which is a software environment that acts like a small operating system for running the compiled code of a specific programming language, and as such is sometimes referred to as a Virtual Machine. There's some concern over the use of Java in OS X following a recent finding that Flashback malware variants are now taking advantage of currently unpatched vulnerabilities in the Java runtime.Įven though this malware development should not affect the majority of Mac users running OS X 10.7 or later since Apple no longer includes Java with the OS, some people may nonetheless be wondering what the Java runtime is, and how they can go about checking for and removing it from their systems to ensure they are safe.
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