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RUNtime (version #)
.DLL) The Visual Basic runtime module. A Visual Basic application prior to VB 5 is compiled into an intermediate "bytecode" language, which the runtime module turns into machine language on the fly. It also contains many functions called for by the application. VBRUN#.DLL (up to VB4) and MSVBVM#.DLL (VB 5 and 6) are similar to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the Java world, although as of VB 5, native .EXE files can also be created. See
MSVBVM#.DLL,
Visual Basic and
runtime engine.