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"Write once, run anywhere" (WORA), or sometimes also Write once, run everywhere (WORE), is a slogan created by Sun Microsystems to illustrate the cross-platform benefits of the Java language. Ideally, this means Java can be developed on any device, compiled into a standard bytecode and be expected to run on any device equipped with a JVM. The installation of a JVM or Java interpreter on chips, devices or software packages has become an industry standard practice.

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adjustments. Hence the expression "Write once, run anywhere." This also represents a huge amount of savings... similarly on diverse hardware. One should be able to write a program once and run it anywhere. This... platforms with small errors or inconsistencies led some to parody Sun's "Write once, run anywhere...

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