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What is a virtual machine?

a.

A program that generates machine code.

b.

A program that decodes a source code file.

c.

A program that decodes a bytecode file.

d.

A program that generates a source code file.

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Answer: (c).A program that decodes a bytecode file. Explanation:A virtual machine is a program that decodes a bytecode file and performs the operations described in it.

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