What is the difference between web server, web container and application server?
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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