title: Would a jar file be considered an artifact?
body: <p>Currently i'm learning maven and upon studying it i have encountered the following definition on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_build" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>:</p>
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  <p>In software development, a build is the process of converting source code files into standalone software artifact(s) that can be run on a computer, or the result of doing so.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I would assume in java the standalone artifact would be the jar file since it is the by-product from the compiled source code and it can be run standalone. However i'm not entirely sure if this would be the case.</p>