Tomcat is web server or application server?

Suresh S picture Suresh S · Mar 18, 2010 · Viewed 99.5k times · Source

Is Tomcat a web server or an application server?

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BalusC picture BalusC · Mar 18, 2010

Tomcat is a web server (can handle HTTP requests/responses) and web container (implements Java Servlet API, also called servletcontainer) in one. Some may call it an application server, but it is definitely not an fullfledged Java EE application server (it does not implement the whole Java EE API).

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