Is JVM is interpreter and what about Just in Time(JIT)?Iis it compiler

Hi, as we know JVM is interpreter,so what about JIT is it compiler of JVM or what is it,Regards,Prabhat
[131 byte] By [arpita_jsr08a] at [2007-10-3 0:08:51]
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-Xint is interpreter, -client and -server are compiler ( jit )
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