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World-Wide Web (By analogy with "
applet") A
Java program
The most common use for a servlet is to extend a
web servercan be written that receives the request, gets and processes
the data as needed by the
client and then returns the result
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.
written in
Java, more portable.
The spelling "servelet" is occasionally seen but
JavaSoftspell it "servlet". There is no such thing as a "serverlet".
(2002-10-06)