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rakesh kesavan
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please tell me about war and jar files .....

Tony Morris
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WAR means Web Archive
JAR means Java Archive
You'll probably also encounter EAR which means Enterprise Archive.
They are all deployment mechanisms for different contexts.
Google should help you out with further elaboration.

Tony Morris
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