# What is the difference between Java and Java SE?

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-java-and-java-se/998>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-java-and-java-se/998 "2020-05-29T14:59:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cecile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/cecile/32/98_2.png) [@Cecile](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Cecile)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-java-and-java-se/998/1 "2020-05-29T14:59:19Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [About topics derailing](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/about-topics-derailing/994/21):

**This topic has been created after the following off-topic question was asked in the thread linked above.**

_What is the difference between Java and Java SE?_

_[Java.com](http://Java.com)shows up to 8._

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**Author:** ![anon45965781](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@anon45965781](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/anon45965781)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-java-and-java-se/998/2 "2020-05-29T15:17:03Z")

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The [Java.com](http://Java.com) site appears to only show the Runtime Java for version 8. If you install the JDK for a more recent version, you would also get the runtime for that Java version (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14).

Thus, if you develop in, say, Java 11, you'd need that runtime or you'd get "Major/Minor" version errors when trying to run a Java 11 .class file on a Java 8 JRE.

Does that help?

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**Author:** ![anon45965781](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@anon45965781](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/anon45965781)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-java-and-java-se/998/3 "2020-05-29T15:19:06Z")

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> **Off-topic**
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> That's cool Cecile.
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> Is it possible for us to do what you did -- to move a topic "off line" for more person to person discussion?

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**Author:** ![Cecile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/cecile/32/98_2.png) [@Cecile](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Cecile)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-java-and-java-se/998/4 "2020-05-29T15:20:22Z")

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> **Off-topic**
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> Will create a tutorial