Java Runtime
A Java Runtime Environment (JRE, or Java Runtime) is a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Java platform core classes, and supporting Java platform libraries. It's released as a certain version of a distribution or included with a vendor's product release. A Java Runtime can be installed to run a single Application or to be used by many applications.
A Java Runtime is identified by three attributes:
- Vendor, such as Oracle Corporation
- Distribution name, such as OpenJDK Runtime Environment
- Version, such as 1.8.0_282
When displayed by JMS, a Java Runtime from Oracle indicates if it requires an update.