Is There different VM for every Java program?

In K&B on page 336

table 5-1 Causes of Early Loop Termination

states that

System.exit() - All program execution stops; the VM shuts down.

Means if we execute the statement System.exit(). System will terminate the program and shuts down the VM. Is this means that for every program there is different VM. As per my understanding there is only one VM and every program will be executed under this VM.

I am confused. Please help me to get it clarify.

When you execute the java command, a new JVM instance is started and your program executes in that JVM. Calling System.exit() will shut down a particular JVM. The JVM may contain multiple threads i.e. the main thread in which the main method is called and any other threads that we start (and some internal threads like garbage collector etc). All these threads end when the JVM is shut down...

Do you mean that there will be a single VM and each program will be executed under the sub VM's which is again under that main VM?

Each program executes in its separate VM. We run programs using java command. The java command launches a new VM. In the same program if we start a new thread, the thread will be in the same VM in which the original program was started. So basically whenever you run your program using java <MainClassName>, then a new VM is started...

Thank you Ankit for the explanation

Thanks Ankit for the clarification.