Java Runtime (JRE)

Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It's also integral to the intranet applications and other e-business solutions that are the foundation of corporate computing.

### Note

This is just a metapackage for the latest JRE (currenly JRE 8). Have a look at the [jre8 package](/packages/jre8) for more details.