Re: Application server

In the beginning, there were time-sharing and multi-tasking operating systems (mainframes/etc) that users connected to with "dumb" terminals. (now we use network PCs with "dumb" operating systems like Windows).

In the world of general LAN terminology, "application server" is contrasted with "file server".

(see:
 http://www.whatis.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,212453,00.html , and less useful:
http://www.searchdatabase.com/searchDatabase_Search_Result_Page/1,281958,,00.html  )

The classic difference is between Netware and NT.

While Netware is capable of running application services, its original architecture was based on providing file/print services.

NT's architecture (which some claim is VMS running on Intel) is based on being an application server as well as file/print server.

You install Oracle database software on an application server. It is then called a "database server".

Besides database server, there are other types of server applications, such as email servers, shared calendar/scheduling, and web servers.

I'm not sure what you are going to conclude from the above information, so feel free to ask more specific questions as needed.

regards,
ep

On 14 Nov 2000, at 21:01, Ura! wrote:

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