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Name	Optimised Dalvik Executable Format
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Identifiers	PUID: fmt/695
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Description	Dalvik is the process virtual machine in Google's Android operating system, which executes applications written for Android. Programs are commonly written in Java and compiled to bytecode for the Java virtual machine, which is then translated to Dalvik bytecode and stored in .dex (Dalvik EXecutable) and .odex (Optimized Dalvik EXecutable) files.
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Byte order
Related file formats	None.
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Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Google
Supported by	Google
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	11 Feb 2015
Source description
Last updated	11 Feb 2015
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