Code in other languages is first translated by a compiler into instructions for a specific type of computer. The Java compiler instead turns code into something called Bytecode, which is then interpreted by software called the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), or the Java virtual machine. The JRE acts as a virtual computer that interprets Bytecode and translates it for the host computer. By the late 1990s Java had brought multimedia to the Internet and started to grow beyond the Web, powering consumer devices.  In 2010 the Oracle Corporation took over the management of Java when it acquired Sun Microsystems.