A(n) is a program which reads the instructions programmers have written and translates these instructions into binary patterns that will execute commands on the CPU.

Compiler.

Explanation:

An compiler is a program which reads the instructions programmers have written and translates these instructions into binary patterns that will execute commands on the central processing unit (CPU). An example of a compiler is Java.

Java is a object oriented and class-based programming language. It was developed by Sun Microsystems on the 23rd of May, 1995.

Java was designed by a software engineer called James Gosling and it is originally owned by Oracle. Also, worthy of mention is the fact that Java was originally known as Oak.

Generally, Java as a software application usually are developed having a ".jar", ".class" or ".java" filename extensions.

Java byte codes are the same on all computer systems, compiled Java programs are considered to be highly portable. This simply means that, the Java byte code was designed such that it has very few implementation dependency, thus, once the code is written, it can run on all computer platforms that supports the Java programming language.

Hence, the Java byte code is a write once, run anywhere software program.

The Java byte code instructions are read and executed by a computer program known as a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Additionally, Java program is used for developing varieties of applications such as, mobile, desktop, games, web and application servers etc.

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