what is the diffrences between platform independent and
portable

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what is the diffrences between platform independent and portable..

Answer / ramanuj kumar

As far as these difference concerns,
portable means : you can take bytecode ( .class file name
)from one machine to another machine & can run & use it for
further purpose.

plateform independance: you can use any operating system for
java.

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what is the diffrences between platform independent and portable..

Answer / bharathi

portable means that you can take the sourcecode and compile
it on another platform (or at least make it compile with
only some small changes).
platform independent means that you can take your program
and run it on another platform without any further effort.

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what is the diffrences between platform independent and portable..

Answer / saikumar

Platform independent means the any program written on one operating system and its run on other operating system without any changes in the program is called platform independent.

portable means the process of caryying one place to other place is known as portable.

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what is the diffrences between platform independent and portable..

Answer / vidya

what is the present version of java?

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what is the diffrences between platform independent and portable..

Answer / veeranji

PLATFORM INDEPENDENT:WRITE ONES RUN ANY WHERE(WORA)
PORTABLE:WE CAN EASILY TRANSPORTED ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER SYSTEM

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