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Application Server

What is Application Server?

The application server is a server designed to host applications for end-users it is also called the app server. It is a program that handles all application operations. It provides both facilities to create web applications and a server environment to run them. Therefore in the three-tier client/server environment it provides middle-tier processing between the user’s machine and database management system (DBMS). Therefore the purpose of the application servers is to run software programs. It works together with server operating systems and server hardware to provide services to the residing applications.
However a application servers is uses to install, operate and associate services for end-users, organizations, IT services, and facilitates the delivery and hosting of business applications or high-end consumer. Depending on what is installed, an application servers is classified in a number of ways, such as a web servers, store servers, enterprise application servers, database application servers, or general-purpose servers.
Application Server Architecture

Benefits of Application Servers

The following application servers benefits are such as
  • Provides your organization with an additional layer of security.
  • By sitting in between web pages and databases, an application server helps act as an additional barrier to SQL injection cyber attacks.
  • Boost the performance of large and heavily used applications.
  • Provide integrity to code and data by having an integrated and centralized approach to keeping applications upgraded and updated.
  • Establish more control over network traffic.

List of Application Server Software

The following list of application servers software are
  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • .NET
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Oracle
  • Go
  • Smalltalk
  • Tcl

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