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Android Runtime
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<p>Android Runtime (ART) is an application <a href="/facts/Runtime_environment/YmCuC4xP">runtime environment</a> used by the <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a>. Replacing <a href="/facts/Dalvik_(software)/n7tnxaPt">Dalvik</a>, the <a href="/facts/Process_virtual_machine/BLevU3sx">process virtual machine</a> originally used by Android, ART performs the <a href="/facts/Translator_(computing)/D3TIzmrI">translation</a> of some of the application's <a href="/facts/Bytecode/EPkMFR7M">bytecode</a> into <a href="/facts/Native_instruction/8p8vwUeE">native instructions</a> that are later executed by the device's runtime environment. </p>