Detailed Description:

"At the bottom of the page is a picture showing the development process a typical Java programmer uses to produce byte codes and execute them. The first box indicates that the Java source code is located in a .java file, which is processed with a Java compiler called javac. The Java compiler produces a file called a .class file, which contains the byte code. The .class file is then loaded across the network or loaded locally on your machine into the execution environment on that platform. Inside that environment is the Java virtual machine, which interprets and executes the byte code."