An application server is a software framework that provides an environment in which applications can run, no matter what the applications are or what they do. It is dedicated to the efficient execution of procedures (programs, routines, scripts) for supporting the construction of applications.
The term was originally used when discussing early client–server systems to differentiate servers that run SQL services and middleware servers from file se...
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