JAR (Java Archive) is a platform-independent fi le format that aggregates many fi les into one. The JAR tool
combines multiple fi les into a single JAR fi le. JAR is a general-purpose archiving and compression tool,
based on ZIP and ZLIB compression format. However, JAR was designed mainly to facilitate the packaging
of Java applets or applications into a single archive. A JAR fi le allows a programmer to effi ciently deploy
a set of classes and their associated resources. Multiple Java applets and their requisite components (.class
fi les, images and sounds) can be bundled in a JAR fi le and subsequently downloaded to a bro
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