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How a web server and web application server work together

The following steps explain how a web server and web application server work together to process a page request:

  1. The user requests a page by typing a URL in a browser, and the web server receives the request.
  2. The web server looks at the file extension to determine whether a web application server must process the page. Then, one of the following actions occur:
    • If the user requests a file that is a simple web page (often one with an HTM or HTML extension), the web server fulfills the request and sends the file to the browser.
    • If the user requests a file that is a page that a web application server must process (one with a CFM, CFML, or CFC extension for ColdFusion requests), the web server passes the request to the web application server. The web application server processes the page and sends the results to the web server, which returns those results to the browser. The following figure shows this process:

Because web application servers interpret programming instructions and generate output that a web browser can interpret, they let web developers build highly interactive and data-rich websites, which can do tasks such as the following:

  • Query other database applications for data.
  • Dynamically populate form elements.
  • Dynamically generate Flash application data.
  • Provide application security.
  • Integrate with other systems using standard protocols such as HTTP, FTP, LDAP, POP, and SMTP.
  • Create shopping carts and e-commerce websites.
  • Respond with an e-mail message immediately after a user submits a form.
  • Return the results of keyword searches.

A computer that delivers Web pages and work with http protocol. Every Web server has an IP address and possibly a domain name. For example, if you enter the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html in your browser, this sends a request to the server whose domain name is pcwebopedia.com. The server then fetches the page named index.html and sends it to your browser.
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