Private key and digital certificate

I have a keystore . in ordeer to know what it contains ,i opened this keystore with this command ...keytool -list -keystore DemoIdentity.jks
and i got,
Keystore type: jks
Keystore provider: SUN
Your keystore contains 1 entry
demoidentity, Jan 4, 2007, keyEntry, // is it called private key ?
Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 60:42:75:33:31:AA:9A:C6:9D:1A:CD:9F:22:8D:4A:6A // is it called certificate ?
Question :
I still dont understand what a keystore contains. does it contains "private key" + "digital certificate" ?
If so , what are private keys and digital certificate in the above contents ?
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The content of a 'keystore' is what you, or the person who provided it, put in it. In this case it looks like all it contains it a public key certificate with an alias of 'demoidentity' .

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