Difference between Apache Web Server and Tomcat Server
Mahendran Aiyappan
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Sir I am little bit confused about Apache Web Server and Apache Tomcat Server. Please give me an link so that i can find it out.
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Jason Liao
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Originally posted by Mahendran Shanmugam: Apache Web Server and Apache Tomcat Server.
Apache web server is a HTTP server and here is an answer from Apache web server What is the Apache HTTP Server?
* is a powerful, flexible, HTTP/1.1 compliant web server * implements the latest protocols, including HTTP/1.1 (RFC2616) * is highly configurable and extensible with third-party modules * can be customised by writing 'modules' using the Apache module API * provides full source code and comes with an unrestrictive license * runs on Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/9x, Netware 5.x and above, OS/2, and most versions of Unix, as well as several other operating systems * is actively being developed * encourages user feedback through new ideas, bug reports and patches
Apache Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.