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Name Java Class File
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Description A file containing Java bytecode that can be executed on the Java virtual machine (JVM). A Java class file is usually generated by a Java compiler from a Java programming language source code file. Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented general-purpose programming language designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
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Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 02 Feb 2007
Source description Description was submitted by Stadtarchiv Hof (Municipal Archives of Hof, Free State of Bavaria, Germany) in v112 of PRONOM signature file.
Last updated 21 Mar 2023
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