What is the purpose of JDK in Java?

Related questions

1. Do I need JDK or JRE?
2. How do I know if I have JDK installed?
3. Can Java run without JRE?
4. Why JVM is used in Java?
5. Do you need both JDK and JRE?
6. Do we need both JDK and JRE?
7. Is Eclipse a JDK?
8. Where is Java EXE located?
9. What is latest version of Java JDK?
10. Do I need to install JRE and JDK?

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5. #applets
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11. #other
12. #needed
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16. #interpreter
17. #generator
18. #developing
19. #compiler