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Monday, October 8, 2012

web server vs web container vs application server

web server : is something that is capable of handling http requests (recieving http requesting, processing them, creating http responses and sending them to the clients). Apache Web Server

web container : is a J2EE compliant implementation which provides an environment for the Servlets and JSPs to run. Tomcat typically a web container

application server : is a complete environment for running business components. It contains the web server capabilities as well as web container capabilities. eg: IBM WebSphere, Oracle Application Server

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