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Difference Between App. Server and Web Server

Posted by Elangovan on November 20, 2000 at 1:27 AM

A Web Server is the one which provides web service to its clients.
An Application Server is the one which provides any type of service(As a Web Server, As a Transaction Server, and the Server Components-EJB) to its clients sitting in a middle-ware.

• APP.Server & WS Mohan November 15, 2001 at 12:33 PM (0)