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QUESTION POSED ON: 27 December 2006
What is difference between web server and application server? Is apache tomcat web server or application server?

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Web servers serve up Web pages, and typically don't host application logic. Application server host Web applications, that are delivered through a Web interface. Both Apache and Tomcat are application servers.


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