Difference between web server, web container and application server

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Gautam picture Gautam · Oct 2, 2012 · Viewed 101.5k times · Source

Please tell me the Difference between web server, web container and application server.

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DomincJune picture DomincJune · Oct 2, 2012

Your question is similar to below:

What is the difference between application server and web server?

In Java: Web Container or Servlet Container or Servlet Engine : is used to manage the components like Servlets, JSP. It is a part of the web server.

Web Server or HTTP Server: A server which is capable of handling HTTP requests, sent by a client and respond back with a HTTP response.

Application Server or App Server: can handle all application operations between users and an organization's back end business applications or databases.It is frequently viewed as part of a three-tier application with: Presentation tier, logic tier,Data tier

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