servlet

Java servlet
Java servelet
servelet
servlet

   <World-Wide Web> (By analogy with "{applet}") A {Java} program
   that runs as part of a {network} service, typically an {HTTP
   server} and responds to requests from {clients}.

   The most common use for a servlet is to extend a {web server}
   by generating {web content} dynamically.  For example, a
   {client} may need {information} from a {database}; a servlet
   can be written that receives the request, gets and processes
   the data as needed by the {client} and then returns the result
   to the {client}.

   {Applets} are also written in {Java} but run inside the {JVM}
   of a {HTML} {browser} on the {client}.  Servlets and applets
   allow the server and client to be extended in a modular way by
   dynamically loading code which communicates with the main
   program via a standard programming interface.

   Servlets are more flexible than {CGI scripts} and, being
   written in {Java}, more portable.

   The spelling "servelet" is occasionally seen but {JavaSoft}
   spell it "servlet".  There is no such thing as a "serverlet".

   (http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/).

   (2002-10-06)