Tomcat is web server or application server? [closed]

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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).

See also:

  • What exactly is Java EE?
  • How do servlets work? Instantiation, sessions, shared variables and multithreading

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