Add or Remove Programs entry for Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03. Java SE consists of a virtual machine, which must be used to run Java programs, together with a set of libraries (or ...

For an executable JAR file that contains a stand-alone application, a Main-Class attribute should exist that provides the name of the first piece of code for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to ...

The combination of the Java Virtual Machine (Java interpreter), the core class library and supporting files, all of which are required to run a Java program. See Java and Java Virtual Machine.