On 9/19/08, Varuna Seneviratna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the Difference between A webserver(apache) and an application > server? > > Varuna
- A server handles centralized processing for multiple client computers. - A basic Web server serves HTML pages and associated content (images, other files) using the HTTP protocol. - An application server runs one or more interactive applications. - Web applications add dynamic interaction to the HTTP protocol. This was first handled with CGI scripts -- the HTTP request triggered an external (to the Web server) program on the server. Web servers later incorporated the ability to include programming (Java servlets, better integration of PERL, etc.). Apache httpd has many modules for creating applications. Apache httpd is also commonly used as a (front-end) proxy to multiple (back-end) applications servers (e.g. Tomcat, Geronimo, Cocoon, and non-Apache Web application servers). For more details, search Wikipedia for "Application server", "Web server", "Web application server", and even "Apache HTTP Server". solprovider --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
