What is difference between Web Server and Application Server ?

Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business logic to application programs through any number of protocols.

 

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Application Server : Normally your Business logic or code behind the wall which will fulfill the request of need.

Application Server : Normally your Business logic or code behind the wall which will fulfill the request of need.

 

Web Server: Generally take request on the web and responde back with result.

 

 

A web server refers to a server which normally listens at port80 and serves up html pages, images, etc...
The html pages are usually static pages unless they contain JavaScript.
An application which uses servlets and jsps requires an application server such as Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, etc....
These application servers include a "web container".
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Web server is service web requests and it is managing the requests and responsable send response back, to user, it is subset of Application Server

Application server can serve any request not just web like EJBs and it could not send any response.