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Glossary: Kotlin Beyond the Basics

JDK

Also written: JVM, Java Development Kit, Java Virtual Machine

The Java Development Kit, the toolkit for building and running JVM programs; JDK 21 is a recent long-term-support version. It includes the JVM, the runtime that Kotlin code compiled for servers and desktops runs on.

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Kotlin Multiplatform