A JAR is a package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files

and associated metadata and resources into one file for distribution.

Classpath is a parameter in the Java Virtual Machine or the Java compiler that
specifies the location of user-defined classes and packages.
CLASSPATH is an environment variable which is used by Application ClassLoader to
locate and load the . class files.

Hadoop-core-1.2. 1. jar, which is used to compile and execute the MapReduce

program.