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@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ middle-ware to develop these systems. It includes its own distributed database, applications to interface towards other languages, debugging and release handling tools. +ERTS and BEAM +------------- +**BEAM** is the name of the virtual machine where all Erlang code is executed. +Every compiled Erlang file has the suffix .beam. The virtual machine +is sometimes referred to as the emulator. + +**ERTS** is the Erlang Runtime System where the BEAM, kernel and +standard libraries amongst others are included. + More information can be found at [erlang.org] [1]. Building and Installing @@ -57,7 +66,7 @@ Copyright and License > %CopyrightBegin% > -> Copyright Ericsson AB 2010-2012. All Rights Reserved. +> Copyright Ericsson AB 2010-2014. All Rights Reserved. > > The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, > Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in |